Antique Cast Iron Fisted Hand with Cross at Wrist vintage Japanese sculpture First quarter of thew 20th

First quarter of thew 20th century I would think

The reverse features a vertically striped black

which is much of what I love about it

but when laid on its side it can be positioned however one likes

in addition to a smaller board for another game

Antique Cast Iron Fisted Hand with Cross at Wrist vintage Japanese sculpture First quarter of thew 20thA 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