Beautifully Primitive, Carved Wood Wool Comb painted antique splint basket which is what especially sold

which is what especially sold me on it

Sight: 7 1/2" x 8 1/8"

structurally super sound

Though not easy to photograph (it looks crisper and sharper in reality than photos portray)

It does look like there may be a syllabic signature on the underside but hard to tell

Beautifully Primitive, Carved Wood Wool Comb painted antique splint basket which is what especially soldI've fallen in love with more than a few hetchels, used for combing flax, but to my eye none are as beautiful or sculpturally satisfying as this one, simply a long, hand hewn piece of wood with carved teeth at one end and definitely it was used as there is residue caught between the teeth. I found it in upstate New York, and though I remain terrible at wood identification it certainly appears to be some type of evergreen. It was cut somewhat