Antique Cast Iron Fisted Hand with Cross at Wrist primitive carving it's got a super earthy

it's got a super earthy feel and reminds me of the pottery that surrounded me in my youth

almost like a mini Donald Judd

it seems one could research and invent all sorts of other games and variations to play with it too

I also really like that the piece is done in what reads in person as black soapstone

but what a wonderful proclamation

Antique Cast Iron Fisted Hand with Cross at Wrist primitive carving it's got a super earthyA curious thing, this old cast iron fisted hand weighs nearly 4 pounds, and based on another similar I have found out there sold by another dealer, I believe it might originally have been a gate weight perhaps for a church gate, with the cross at the base but I'm not 100% certain. There is a recess on the reverse side of the hand perhaps to which somehow a chain once attached. The other similar I found was dated to Civil War era, and I might guess