Curious Carved Weasel (I think!) with Nibbled Nose red stone giving some narwhal two tusks

giving some narwhal two tusks

I'm not a parent

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

They've definitely been around and show a few small chips here and then

Curious Carved Weasel (I think!) with Nibbled Nose red stone giving some narwhal two tusksOver 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