Hmm. Possibly a garden path?

Could it be something made out of snakeskin? Or a snake?

Dried up riverbed?

Kitchen worktop?

Stones at the bottom of a water fountain?

It looks mosaic in nature, but also looks as if part of it is "inked in" with a pen or marker, so I am not sure. Hmmm...

I would go for a kitchen worktop too.

Well no-one has got it yet, though one was close-ish, so I'll let it run another 24 hours. Feel free to try again, or agree with someone else if you prefer
Maybe a clue or two is justified. It's part of a larger photo taken in Ireland a few years ago. Oh, and the dark lines haven't been 'inked in' as someone suggested.

Well, since it has no "inking in" as I suggested, I will go with this instead. I believe it is a dried up riverbed/creek?

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It's part of a larger photo taken in Ireland a few years ago

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A stab in the dark - part of the Blarney stone?

Ireland brings to mind the Giant's Causeway and the photo does look like stone or rock to me. So a close-up of a rock there?

Gravel or stones.

Well no-one got it fully right, though TW's 'close-up of a rock' was near, but I'm giving the winner's award to Jordandog for 'mosaic in nature'
They're actually lichens on a large rock on the west coast of Ireland. I've no idea what the dark lines are; maybe some sort of boundary produced by individual lichens to prevent others from overgrowing them - just a guess. Lichens have a symbionic relationship with a fungus, so the dark lines may even be the fungus; anyway definitely not 'inked in' I assure you!
Here's a link to the full size image, and as you can see I placed a bunch of keys on the rock to give scale. You can make the image larger still by clicking 'Full size' just above it.
http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e357/p...nt=Lichens2.jpg

When this sculpture was erected at the Mandurah bus/train station, everybody asked "What is it?" It's proved controversial. People seem to love it or hate it.

It is actually meant to depict something that we see every day. Can you guess?

possibly a bird?

Ooooh, I'm thrilled, picqero!

As far as MotherGoose's, I will say an oil can, the old-fashioned type.

I think it looks like a Kiwi bird but they come from New Zealand not Australia (at least to my knowledge).

While it takes a definite stretch of the imagination , it kinda looks like a cubist-type *person* reaching up to the sky to me? Or maybe [probably] not...

Maybe a depiction of a whale diving?

How about a teapot with a really long spout?

A long-spouted oil can?

..or it represents humankind's struggle in the Universe

You see the same thing I do, tw. That's a bit scary - for you!

There's a cartoon character that looks a bit like that but I can't think of his name.

Is it an Emu?