Very Old Carved Boot with Iron Nails, Presumed Pipe Tamper colonial ship hannah I've really fallen in love

I've really fallen in love with these old wooden Czechoslovakian "ramp walker" figures

giving it a snuggly softness

I'm quite fascinated by them

and the brass looks very much to me like  melted down shell casings

the cage measures 10" tall x 4 1/2" wide x 4" deep

Very Old Carved Boot with Iron Nails, Presumed Pipe Tamper colonial ship hannah I've really fallen in love(Hard to photograph because that black paint absorbs all the light so I set it atop a block, which maybe helps a bit.) I believe this is quite an early carved boot American I believe, and earlyish 19th c. I would guess and I believe it was meant to function as a pipe tamper. I really love the form, very folky and a little awkward, but also with this great high heel. And I especially love the old iron nails that run both down the front and around the