Wednesday, February 1, 2012

What is ground/compressed shells used to fashion figurines & statuary called?

I have a family of elephants, about 7" high each, made of this very hard material, I was told came from Asia somewhere.

What is ground/compressed shells used to fashion figurines %26amp; statuary called?
In Japan the mixture appears to be called gofun:

http://www.yale.edu/opa/v34.n21/story13....


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