Can anyone help me with this piece? I believe it is either early 1800s or pre 1800s, walnut. There is a coating on top. No markers. Handmade. From my research, the nails date to pre 1800s.
I cannot make out the signature on the back. I have Google lens to the shit out of it and came up with nothing. I don't know if it's African, native American, or something else. It feels ceramic. And the earring attached to the ear looks to be bone or shell or teeth I don't know!
