Curious Old Carved Green Marble Obelisk with Various Symbols carved boot with its five pieces joined

with its five pieces joined together by six tiny nails at each short end and that seems to be it

they might also serve as planter for tiny succulents

with a soft ochre yellow for the interior of the ears and black squiggles all over for the fur

4 1/2" w x 3 7/8" d x 1 1/8" t

and then a pile of beaded glass strawberries one top and all around the base

Curious Old Carved Green Marble Obelisk with Various Symbols carved boot with its five pieces joinedThings like this intrigue and delight me with their primitiveness and earnestness and sense of purposefulness that seems now rather mysteriousness and unknowable. Found in Maine, certainly it was a folk creation maybe, with heart dangling on what might be taken for a chain on one side, a valentine of sorts, or maybe an offering to the gods in hopes of love! What's going on the other sides is a bit less clear, but looks rather like hieroglyphics, and