Old Brass Double-sided "47" Livestock Ear Tag arm and hammer Robitaille is first and foremost

Robitaille is first and foremost a bird carver--shorebirds

likely from an old model train set

As is the drawing is floated on a burnt orange-ish mat with black then white mat around it and a gold-painted wooden frame

This wonderful carved wooden doll would once have been clothed in fur and leather

Old Brass Double-sided "47" Livestock Ear Tag arm and hammer Robitaille is first and foremostThis would most likely once have flagged the ear of a cow or bull as an identifier. Certainly there are many of these around, but it's the wide and irregular shape of this one, and the weight of the brass, and the hand written quality of the impressed numbers, especially, that does it for me. Plus, strung on a chain as a pendant, it would seem a very good present for a dear one turning 47 or for someone long past 47, forever young! 1 7 8" w x 2 1 8"