Beautifully Primitive, Carved Wood Wool Comb hand-painted Japanese wall pocket I am listing additional examples

I am listing additional examples from the same portfolio in a separate posting

Victorian I believe

and I'd just pretend those spots are raindrops

but I rather like the idea of a silently barking dog

in a lovely period frame that I think suits it just right

Beautifully Primitive, Carved Wood Wool Comb hand-painted Japanese wall pocket I am listing additional examplesI'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