Beautiful Antique Iron Rake-Hoe Head Lake Vanern I really love it as

I really love it as an object--exactly the scale of a real mushroom

and found (find) it quite exquisite (and also reminding me of the fancy antique Pennsylvania folk art yarn balls I have been coveting of late)

with a series of rooms across two levels

a symbol of vitality and prosperity in China

just missing the toe on one foot

Beautiful Antique Iron Rake-Hoe Head Lake Vanern I really love it asSuch a beautiful form, looking rather like a creature on four spindly legs holding up a sign, or, the other way, like a body with antler or antenna, arms raised and legs spread. I believe it is an antique iron garden "rake hoe" head, c. late 19th century, I believe by its scale for a hand held tool; by the early 20th c. these more typically divided into two separate tools. Striking now hung on the wall; the round opening at center is also just the