Antique Carved Bone Make Do Back Scratcher handmade valentines perhaps as little shovels for

perhaps as little shovels for scooping sand in the sandbox

22ʺ w  × 15" tall and in great vintage condition

His or her parka and boots

giving a bit of a sense of moody weather while perfectly setting off this wonderfully carved and painted dog

Antique Carved Bone Make Do Back Scratcher handmade valentines perhaps as little shovels forI've seen some pretty fancy antique carved ivory and bone back scratchers, but this more crudely carved one suits me more, including for the fact that it seems likely a make do creation, with the wooden handle looking to have been repurposed from something else. The hand is very firmly inserted into to the post though, and has clearly been for a very long time, with what looks to be some very old, encrusted sting wrapped just below. To my eye a