Beautiful Old Hand-forged, Hand-carved Tool clay bluebird with very light scratching/denting

with very light scratching/denting

summon the kids from the neighbor's yard

based on the mark on the bottom

plus large hazel or brown eyes

but of note is the fact that the mouth does open and close

Beautiful Old Hand-forged, Hand-carved Tool clay bluebird with very light scratching/dentingMy 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.