Beautiful Old Hand-forged, Hand-carved Tool slab-made and framed in an old

and framed in an old black-painted wood frame

This is one of the largest among a handful of small seaweed pressings I purchased together

dating to the 1950s or so I believe

The black painted border is structurally a frame around the sign panel

Notebook: 5 1/4" x 3 9/16" x 1/2"

Beautiful Old Hand-forged, Hand-carved Tool slab-made and framed in an oldMy best guess would be that this tool was used for basketmaking, but I honestly have no idea, I just think it's a very beautiful thing! Two of the arms have hooks at their ends that seem made for grabbing and pulling, and the third seems as if it could be used punching as well as coiling something around. The long arm folds down to rest inside of a groove carved into the side of the handle though at this point it doesn't close quite all the way in.