Early Oil Age deity

This exquisite statuette dates from the birth of plastics and is highly valued for its remarkable patination and finely sculpted features. It is understood to portray a deity, possibly Greek, with special powers over the sea. Being hollow, it was designed to be worn on the finger of adherents. Still widely in use in the late Oil Age, the Holder of the Deity would raise their hand, with the palm of their hand and the deity facing the ocean, in a sadly futile attempt to hold back the rising tide.