Long Architectural Whimsy Carving antique English drawing The original instruction booklet

The original instruction booklet

with "Good Evening My Dear" wonderfully scrawled down one side

7 1/2" tall x 3 5/8" in diameter

but I think it's pretty striking

and from Bulgaria

Long Architectural Whimsy Carving antique English drawing The original instruction bookletI'm pretty certain this old spear like carving had no other purpose that giving pleasure to its maker, who I'd guess had a pretty good time chipping away at it to create a sequence of geometrical forms, a little different on every side, all from one piece of wood, which I believe is pine. At just shy of 20 inches long I'd probably hang it on the wall, resting on a few nails, such that it could easily be taken down on occasion to twirl around like a