Curious Carved Weasel (I think!) with Nibbled Nose red stone I believe it dates to

I believe it dates to the 1960s

The lip is a bit irregular due to the roughness of the clay

giving some narwhal two tusks

made even better by the chippy white on the cheeks

making me think that whoever made it was perhaps just using whatever they had on hand

Curious Carved Weasel (I think!) with Nibbled Nose red stone I believe it dates toOver time I've become more and more attracted to things transformed by time and the forces of nature in this case that force likely being a mouse who nibbled away at this creature's nose! My guess is that this is meant to be a weasel, with its head, carved from a separate piece of wood and attached by post, turning all the way around in a very weasel like manner! Definitely primitive looking, it seems to me to have a good amount of age, but I'm not