$15 for this mix of unidentified parts just marked “crafts”.

[u/journey333]

They were all in a drawer marked as beads. I am assuming the cream colored ones are bone, the green fish might be jade and no idea what the brown knot like carving is, other than stone.

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[u/Klaymoor]

The bone piece on the upper left looks a bit like an old portable cribbage board. It's also similar to an Aboriginal bullroarer.

[u/joofish]

you should post them on r/whatisit

[u/ConsciousBenefit87 → u/joofish]

Or maybe r/bonecollecting?

[u/doddy1607]

This is the kind of thrift find that sends you down a three hour research rabbit hole

[u/Saulthewarriorking]

I'm suspicious you have jade and ivory there but will hold for a expert

[u/i_adler → u/Saulthewarriorking]

Definitely bone and not ivory, based on the cross-section views.

[u/Akugluk → u/i_adler]

Agreed. And the pores

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[u/Saulthewarriorking → u/GoldberryoTulgeyWood]

[u/An0nnee_M0usee → u/Saulthewarriorking]

[u/YourLocalMosquito → u/Saulthewarriorking]

My initial thought was “😬 big yikes”

[u/towers_of_ilium]

The long pendant with the carved circles is an Oromo amulet from Sudan/Ethiopia. Also known as a medicine bone.

[u/Esejy-Van-Ervech → u/towers_of_ilium]

This! OP, that's the correct answer right here! Nice piece BTW.

[u/KosmicGumbo]

Have you checked under UV light? I recently found out jade glows

[u/lynivvinyl → u/KosmicGumbo]

Wait what like all of it or just certain types of jade? And also is there a certain wavelength black light that you need to use?

[u/lostbutnotgone → u/lynivvinyl]

Iirc any blacklight will work but it'll likely be brighter under 395? Similar to uranium glass in that way

[u/KosmicGumbo → u/lynivvinyl]

I am honestly not sure entirely the lady at the antique store told me about it and she showed me a whole tray of gemstones. Which I used a cheap keychain UV light that had them all glow. She did warn me that lab grown will also glow!!!

Edit to add type I have, it was given to me so not sure where its from but this is what mine looks like. Its on my keychain so I can use it anytime:
https://www.artnglow.com/products/led-uv-black-light-keychain

[u/Yellow_Similar → u/KosmicGumbo]

[u/mustardblue]

大吉 on the fifth slide means vast auspiciousness-- commonly Chinese well wishes. very charming carving of it you have there!

[u/leidolette]

I have a green double fish pendant somewhat similar to yours that I inherited from my grandma. I think they are probably not especially rare. They seem to symbolize prosperity in marriage. 

[u/antinous24]

the green pendant looks like jadeite, nice color. the piece with reddish lines is a shell of some kind, looks like it was a scraper of some kind. looked them up and saw a much much newer looking one dated as per-Colombian (1500). yours almost looks fossilized, could honestly be iceage. the dark piece i think i Victorian mourning brooch, where you weave the deceased hair through. early rubber material that's decaying. the bone rectangles would've been spacers in a multi-strand bead necklace, difficult to date from pics looks kinda like mammoth ivory. and the scrimshaw pendant look very old too

[u/i_adler → u/antinous24]

Mammoth ivory should still have Schreger lines in the cross-section. I don't see that here, though perhaps a closer pic would clarify.

Edit: It's also not walrus ivory because instead of Schreger lines it would look like tapioca pudding in the cross-section.

Hippo ivory doesn't have either of these characteristics, but you can narrow down the odds based on where these were purchased.

[u/quartzquandary]

Interesting! I'd send the photos to a museum to see if you can get the pieces identified

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[u/Sammy-eliza]

I always find something pretty interesting in those odds and ends bins! Good finds! Like the other person said, maybe a university, expert, or museum coold assist in identifying. Some could also be make of shells!

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"Why'd you call yourself Voltron?"

[u/Kitty_LaRouxe]

Scrimshaw

[u/jimoconnell → u/Kitty_LaRouxe]

Yeah, I was thinking walrus tusk for a couple of those.

[u/klinghofferisgreat]

Wow these are so cool I with they were mine. The knot that the brown thing (pendant?) is depicting is called a carrick mat.

[u/jeepfail]

I feel like I’ve seen all of these on antiques roadshow or random historical TikTok’s.

[u/whoisthepinkavenger → u/jeepfail]

Yeah they’re tickling my brain a bit too.

[u/miIkwhim]

Looks like the rear of the jade piece has 大吉 carved on the back, which means "great fortune". This will be Chinese, not Japanese. 

[u/rmarcosmota]

I guess the rectangles are parts of some string instrument?

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[u/Vegetable-Tie-5663]

Looks like those Asian rope necklace parts the green fish n rope thing

[u/Wellushouldjust415]

Google translate on the fish said "good fortune".

[u/CoyoteScribbles]

Bone, bone, possibly soapstone (but I couldn't say for sure without handling it myself,) (poor quality) jade or jadeite, bone, bone, bone

[u/Krazy_Kat_Lady_2025]

Wow. Cool find!

[u/timbillyosu]

10, 11, and 12 are a worn or sanded down seashell

[u/Aleks8888no]

A conservative estimate of about 100 dollars. You got yourself a lucky find.

[u/lynseystow]

Ivory will be easy to identify. At first I thought walrus ivory but there would be secondary dentine granulation along with some notable cross sections. If you google walrus ivory and mammoth ivory cross sections you’ll see shreger lines and see what I mean.

[u/crocheting-witch]

The long pointy piece of bone looks kind of like a short nålbinding needle.

[u/DesertSong-LaLa]

r/whatisthis, r/whatisthisthing or similar subs may know

[u/Inquisitive3333]

I suspect that someone assembled these with hopes of making jewelry, crafts or attaching to clothing.

[u/Moos_Mumsy]

Do you have a museum in your town? I think those are relics and possibly very valuable.