Curious Carved Weasel (I think!) with Nibbled Nose hedgehog pin submitted it to a competition

submitted it to a competition

This is an original pen and black ink drawing by William Charles Palmer (signed and dated 1940 right above "Cephalopoda") executed on rice paper

The silver inlay (I'm not certain if sterling) appears almost entirely in tact

Horse itself measures 9 1/2" long and 7/8" thick

after a   long day's work in February of 1935

Curious Carved Weasel (I think!) with Nibbled Nose hedgehog pin submitted it to a competitionOver time I've become more and more attracted to things transformed by time and the forces of nature in this case that force likely being a mouse who nibbled away at this creature's nose! My guess is that this is meant to be a weasel, with its head, carved from a separate piece of wood and attached by post, turning all the way around in a very weasel like manner! Definitely primitive looking, it seems to me to have a good amount of age, but I'm not