Sweet Handmade Wooden Skunk on Nail Post school sampler A sort of haunting specter

A sort of haunting specter of another era

and I also found its exact twin selling online for $275

and then wonderful decorative forms down the middle: windmill-like shapes at the center of each side

not the date

4 3/8" tall x 3 15/16 wide x 2" deep not including hook

Sweet Handmade Wooden Skunk on Nail Post school sampler A sort of haunting specterI come across many more old wooden cutout bunnies and roosters intended for the yard than I do skunks, so I was pretty pleased to find this guy, who is perfectly skunklike but not fussy in the least. He definitely shows age, but if he lived outdoors I don't think it was through New England winters, as the wood and paint cloth are in good shape. His post is a very long nail rather than a spike, so it seems possible he could have been a topper on