IT IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO TELL THE AGE ON A ITEM LIKE THIS EVEN IF YOU ARE HOLDING IT, AS THEY ARE CRUDELY MADE AND IF USED QUICKLY PICK UP A LOT OF DIRT,BODY OIL AND FOOD PRODUCTS,ECT. THIS MAKES THEM LOOK AS OLD AS THE CAVEMAN PRETTY QUICKLY IN THE TROPICAL ENVIORNMENT THEY COME FROM. THE BONE COULD HAVE BEEN OLD WHEN FASHIONED INTO A KNIFE OR FRESH BUT AQUIRED ITS COLOR, IT COULD ALSO HAVE BEEN BURIED TO COLOR IT WOOD CARVEINGS ARE OFTEN BURIED TO AGE THEM FOR SALE AS OLD ONES TO TOURISTS. JUST GUESSING I WOULD SUSPECT ITS PROBABLY IN THE LAST 50 YEARS OR SO UNLESS ITS BEEN IN SOMEONES COLLECTION FOR A LONG TIME.
