Signed Folk Art Carving of Pointing Hand boy in bed with the same form and

with the same form and black bristles marked as such on its handle

and the snake-like "handle" allows for a good grip making it both very useful and very fun to use

with a bit of weight

facing in alternating directions from one row to the next

Large: 4 3/8" in diameter x 1 1/2"t

Signed Folk Art Carving of Pointing Hand boy in bed with the same form andI found this carving at an antiques shop in Maine, along with a carved spruce gum box listed separately, and have a bit of feeling that they were done by the same maker. The box held a deck of early 20th century alphabet cards, so I might guess that both this and the box date to around then, though I am not 100% sure. Carved into the underside of the base of the hand is what looks to be "MC11," perhaps the initials of the carver and the year 1911. In