Long Carved Folk Art Wood Spoon with Monograms and Face, 1910 folk art game marker just missing the toe on

just missing the toe on one foot

making me believe this may be the original from which his bronzes were made

handle alone 7 7/8" long

happily so I think: "He’s the best old dog you ever did see Wherever I go

There is a thin

Long Carved Folk Art Wood Spoon with Monograms and Face, 1910 folk art game marker just missing the toe onSatisfying form, substantial weight and nice long handle to this old hand carved spoon, but it is the details that make it: two monograms on the bowl of the spoon, the number 10 on the back of it, plus "America", a strange little alien esque face, the date 5 22 10 [1910 I'm pretty certain], various passages of cross hatching, and one more monogram on the handle. I've been paying attention to old carved spoons lately, as they're really about as central