Large WHATSIS? - Whatzis?...

[dahut]

Found this doohickey today in the woods, at the site of an old house. Can't really cipher out what it might have been...

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Looks made of copper or brass, with holes for hanging something? The boot is silvered brass.

Any ideas?

 

[Jim West Pa]

flattened wrinkled silver boot on a dirty copper doohickey.

A charm ?

 

[dahut]

flattened wrinkled silver boot on a dirty copper doohickey.

See, now that's what I was thinking, too.

It is about the size of a flattened soft drink can - not small, at all.

 

[Jim West Pa]

I am now, as then, thinkin maybe it is a childs booty made into that piece. Much like how we "bronze" a childs first shoes.

 

[dahut]

Even more interesting is that upon close examination, you notice a pattern impressed into it. The pattern is the face of a small child, maybe even a cherub, repeated all over the piece. If I can, Ill get a pic of it, close up.
The boot segment appears to be a stamping, as opposed to, a flattened old baby bootie. It coild represent the bootie though.

 

[montepollock]

Interesting find

 

[parkerram]

boot looks like a japanease "foot bounding" boot. a pratice that was outlawed a long time ago.

 

[binky]

obvious its a boot buckle,good find old timer!