Old Concrete Statue Hand Fragment antique marketing I've not seen

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but could also be used as a small serving bowl

A little research tells me that the Durkee family was important in the settlement of Oregon

perhaps it held his preparatory notes and research for it

with the clay body showing through especially on and near the foot

Old Concrete Statue Hand Fragment antique marketing I've not seenThis is the smaller of two old concrete sculpture fragments I found together in Maine, I think from different statues as the concrete feels different between the two and this one shows a steel rather than iron structure inside. And how to resist an old concrete hand, missing fingers and all!? I might keep this one on the desk topping a pile of papers perhaps bills to be paid, which it suggests it might take care of in one's absence! 7 3 8" x 3 1 8" x