Antique Cast Iron Fisted Hand with Cross at Wrist vintage Japanese sculpture I am not 100% certain

I am not 100% certain the maker of this piece

in addition to a smaller board for another game

Unevenness and tears to the right edge

First quarter of thew 20th century I would think

There are a few small bends in the metal

Antique Cast Iron Fisted Hand with Cross at Wrist vintage Japanese sculpture I am not 100% certainA curious thing, this old cast iron fisted hand weighs nearly 4 pounds, and based on another similar I have found out there sold by another dealer, I believe it might originally have been a gate weight perhaps for a church gate, with the cross at the base but I'm not 100% certain. There is a recess on the reverse side of the hand perhaps to which somehow a chain once attached. The other similar I found was dated to Civil War era, and I might guess