Antique Carved Bone Make Do Back Scratcher curious house 32 numbered pages inside -

32 numbered pages inside - photos show a selection

This is the mother of them

especially on her amazing outfit

I do believe it was Summit Street in Hartford

tempera on paper

Antique Carved Bone Make Do Back Scratcher curious house 32 numbered pages inside -I've seen some pretty fancy antique carved ivory and bone back scratchers, but this more crudely carved one suits me more, including for the fact that it seems likely a make do creation, with the wooden handle looking to have been repurposed from something else. The hand is very firmly inserted into to the post though, and has clearly been for a very long time, with what looks to be some very old, encrusted sting wrapped just below. To my eye a