A listener brought the item to the BBC Suffolk event at Ipswich Museum on Tuesday, 16 February, 2010.
The carving was made by a Japanese prisoner of war in Burma during World War II. The item was originally given to Frederick Collins after he helped liberate a prison camp.
Frederick received the carving as a thank you (but also had to give up a cigarette in return).
The item has been passed down through the Collins family and now belongs to his great nephew.
Snake and Budha Carving
Contributed by AHOW Day at Ipswich Museum
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