Antique Whale Bone Pointing Hand Pendant with Thread Hole billiards scorekeeper but it wonderful just on

but it wonderful just on its own as a gorgeous sculptural object

I clearly love carved chains and balls in cages

Minor paint loss as detailed

He is missing  a few stitches under one arm

which takes quite a bit of finesse

Antique Whale Bone Pointing Hand Pendant with Thread Hole billiards scorekeeper but it wonderful just on(First photo is a composite, showing both sides.) Carved as a pendant, but a ladies tool as well, with a small opening created by the wrapped fingers of the hand, large enough to run a thread or thin cord through, with the extended finger then useful for pulling that thread or cord through a seam or hole. Sailor whaler made I believe, of whalebone, 19th century. Quite a nice thing to wear around one's neck now. 1 7 8" long, very good antique