Very Old Pine Carved whimsy Rattle with Fish, Heart, Crosses and Snake! marching bank staff but I like it anyway

but I like it anyway

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"

but I liked it too much to pass it by

and to my eye just right with the perched bird surrounded by green just to their left

Very Old Pine Carved whimsy Rattle with Fish, Heart, Crosses and Snake! marching bank staff but I like it anywayAnother 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