Very Old Pine Carved whimsy Rattle with Fish, Heart, Crosses and Snake! marching bank staff 6 3/4" x 6 1/8"

6 3/4" x 6 1/8"

and all of the details

Welded together of metal parts with a nice weight

but I like it anyway

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 6 3/4" x 6 1/8"Another 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