Curious Carved Weasel (I think!) with Nibbled Nose red stone made even better by the

made even better by the chippy white on the cheeks

A little bit of roughness--not quite a perfectly sharp point--at the tip

with minor wear along the bottom corner edges

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

I'm not a parent

Curious Carved Weasel (I think!) with Nibbled Nose red stone made even better by theOver 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