Beautiful Old Hand-forged, Hand-carved Tool slab-made This is one of the

This is one of the largest among a handful of small seaweed pressings I purchased together

dating to the 1950s or so I believe

I think they are really fabulous and lend themselves to a variety of display permutations

all the more so for the rather distressed state of this old monkey

Beautiful Old Hand-forged, Hand-carved Tool slab-made This is one of theMy best guess would be that this tool was used for basketmaking, but I honestly have no idea, I just think it's a very beautiful thing! Two of the arms have hooks at their ends that seem made for grabbing and pulling, and the third seems as if it could be used punching as well as coiling something around. The long arm folds down to rest inside of a groove carved into the side of the handle though at this point it doesn't close quite all the way in.