Modular Tower of Balls in Cages with Bulb On Top, Architectural Old Carved Whimsy dickensian Photos don't convey his scale--he's

Photos don't convey his scale--he's a full 24 inches when stood up--with jointed arms and legs

which may have been used for hanging meat/game

I'm guessing 1840s or 50s

bits of printed text on the cigar box wood here and there

About a year ago I found a sailor's cosh similar to this one in the Hudson River Valley

Modular Tower of Balls in Cages with Bulb On Top, Architectural Old Carved Whimsy dickensian Photos don't convey his scale--he'sThis is one of three old carved wooden whimsies I purchased together from a dealer in New Hampshire, all listed today, and I think quite likely all done by the same person. Among my favorite sorts of whimsies are ones I would describe as architectural this one like a tall and narrow tower, standing tall on its own, with very satisfying modular stack of four balls in four cages, making a vertical grid. And the, a final almost ball as finial at top,