Incredible Sculptural Antique Wooden Saddle with Original Rope Joinings curated gifts There is one glaze skip

There is one glaze skip that reads as a dark line along the interior of the lip

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

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

to the careful composition of flowers that echo right and left

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Incredible Sculptural Antique Wooden Saddle with Original Rope Joinings curated gifts There is one glaze skipI 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