Incredible Sculptural Antique Wooden Saddle with Original Rope Joinings curated gifts " A pretty great tin

"  A pretty great tin

4" tall x 3 1/8" wide x 1 3/4" deep

And I really love the long

I rather think it was the work of its hard-trying original maker

17 3/4" x 8" and in very good condition

Incredible Sculptural Antique Wooden Saddle with Original Rope Joinings curated gifts " A pretty great tinI found this wooden saddle in Massachusetts, though am not sure where it came from; I just found it a phenomenal sculptural object, which also reads quite like a very primitive, large mask when hung on the wall, with ear like pieces at top. Definitely it is quite old, with fabulous fat iron nails all over, a hand hammered iron strip along one curve, and then these two areas of woven and knotted rope on the face, looking rather like God's eyes and