Signed Folk Art Carving of Pointing Hand early american painting are also found carved of

are also found carved of wood

I didn't know the function of this sort of chain when I found this

with the lids adding another 1

unused condition

and would once have been sold along with a milk truck

Signed Folk Art Carving of Pointing Hand early american painting are also found carved ofI found this carving at an antiques shop in Maine, along with a carved spruce gum box listed separately, and have a bit of feeling that they were done by the same maker. The box held a deck of early 20th century alphabet cards, so I might guess that both this and the box date to around then, though I am not 100% sure. Carved into the underside of the base of the hand is what looks to be "MC11," perhaps the initials of the carver and the year 1911. In