Beautiful Antique Child's Shoe Last with Pin Prick and Chip Carved Decoration old wooden slingshot who believes it is machinist's

who believes it is machinist's ruler—they would often make their own measuring tools (like ladies legs calipers

All nailed together on sturdy bases and hand-painted

with some dings and a few cracks to the Papier Mache and a little soiling

and love the interplay between the two

which we had no interest in until my aunt cracked one open to reveal that he had filled each one with a $5 bill

Beautiful Antique Child's Shoe Last with Pin Prick and Chip Carved Decoration old wooden slingshot who believes it is machinist's(Photos do this no real justice.) No real reason one would have decorated a shoe last in this manner I don't believe other than just to make it feel special, which this one very much feels, and I've not seen another like it. It does seem like someone had fun decorating it, with swirls of holes made by a small nail leading the eye all around the foot, and branching in a few spots to terminate in chip carved points. (It seems possible the nails were