Derek,
I've looked and looked. It's clever, it's different but truthfully, having spent many years in the Army, it looks like a piece of some sort of military connector for an antenna or tentage.
Don't take that wrong, we've had people post all sorts of things that look mechanical items or like plumbing or worked and painted so heavily you cannot see the wood. I've learnt, that is not wrong, wood is our medium but it is sometimes only a base for the next step of the work.
This is well turned, well finished and well decorated. I assume it's finished to your satisfaction and it achieved what you were trying to make. It's not wrong but it is different.
Will be interesting to see how you use your router jig to embellish some of your turnings in the future.
