idea on origin of this imagery?

[ironsight]

So its a so called green man ornament, first i heard of such a thing. Its obviously some kind of ornament! DUHH!!
But that does solve one half of the mystery.

After a few minutes of research, all i've seen have hooks for hanging on a wall.
The pic of this one has no visible signs or remnants of attachment hardware to anything.
That IMO is the other half of the mystery.

Although I did see a pic of one just laying on the ground in a garden of some kind it did not mention whether it had a hook or not.
Maybe this one was meant to be embedded in cement or concrete?

 

[Woodstock]

Yes BUT let's close the ID and then find out the background ... The Green-Man is who we see and the use now is irrelevant ... tell me more ... Woodstock

 

[osgood]

i know it is not metallic so im thinking bronze, brass or copper. i have not deliberately scraped it down to see what the base metal is although at the very center top edge there is a nick where i think im seeing a shiny metal showing through. We have had probably record low river levels this summer in upstate NY so a buddy and i went out on some gravel and smaller stone gravel bars. This was wedged in the muck and gravel. I almost put it into the trash bag on the spot till some of the muck started falling off and i realized there was a shape there. I am gonna try to see the county historian here today. Dont know if adorned furniture or perhaps a fountain or bath house. If not i wonder if the concave nature from the back would accommodate connecting to a pole perhaps. thanks for you input and interest, CO

 

[osgood]

Met with the county historian, he says he thinks it is machine made, and was probably related to the furniture, stove or plumbing business, ie an adornment of sorts. CO

 

[Woodstock]

So that explains how it was made or what some would say "orgin" but to me didn't a part of your question what it's image represented and the orgin of the image ? Or am I mistaken ? Woodstock

 

[osgood]

Woodstock, thank you for your input. you r correct, he did not have an idea on the image itself. He said not south american as they would not have migrated up this far. Maybe ill try the university next CO

 

[Woodstock]

That's great ... remember that the image you found must have bee an adornment of something that fell of whatever it was on or used for . And things end up from who knows where ...everywhere . I found Chinese coins in the middle of America carried by the Chinese workers who built the rail system across America . I still believe it's connected the Pagan Green-man even if the design maybe slightly different and from the 1800's .... IMHO , Woodstock