Very Old Pine Carved whimsy Rattle with Fish, Heart, Crosses and Snake! marching bank staff Welded together of metal parts

Welded together of metal parts with a nice weight

but I like it anyway

where I encountered a parade detour in Vermont that lead me about an hour off route

and looking at the snow-blanketed farm house makes me appreciate the emergence of green all the more

6 3/4" x 6 1/8"

Very Old Pine Carved whimsy Rattle with Fish, Heart, Crosses and Snake! marching bank staff Welded together of metal partsAnother very sweet, and I believe very old, carving, this one I believe made as a rattle for a baby long ago, with a looped handle at one end, a carved block on the other, and a rattling ring in between. I believe it is meant to be a snake that runs the length of the handle, terminating in the suggestion of a head near the base, and the sides of the block are carved with four different images: a heart, a fish, a cross, and an X. Carved of pine with a