Old Brass Double-sided "47" Livestock Ear Tag arm and hammer This wonderful carved wooden doll

This wonderful carved wooden doll would once have been clothed in fur and leather

Robitaille is first and foremost a bird carver--shorebirds

though I would guess mid 20th century Native Alaskan Inuit

and lends a sense of theatricality to the image

As someone who spends the warmer months endlessly checking the dog as well as myself for ticks

Old Brass Double-sided "47" Livestock Ear Tag arm and hammer This wonderful carved wooden dollThis would most likely once have flagged the ear of a cow or bull as an identifier. Certainly there are many of these around, but it's the wide and irregular shape of this one, and the weight of the brass, and the hand written quality of the impressed numbers, especially, that does it for me. Plus, strung on a chain as a pendant, it would seem a very good present for a dear one turning 47 or for someone long past 47, forever young! 1 7 8" w x 2 1 8"