Great Old Handmade 24 Inch Double Sided Ruler with Brass Ends screaming bird With the bar connecting them

With the bar connecting them across the top (which makes for easy hanging)

but it's 7 inches long

"fowl ball

I believe this vintage Native American (Northwest Coast or Alaskan) carved bone letter opener dates to the 1930s or 1940s

I like the crispness and the quietness of this painting

Great Old Handmade 24 Inch Double Sided Ruler with Brass Ends screaming bird With the bar connecting themIm always on the hunt for old handmade measuring sticks of various sorts, and happily have been turning some up lately. This is a 24 inch ruler, marked on both sides, with the measurements running in opposite directions. Hand pressed numbers, brass wrapped ends, and nicely gridded double lines at top and bottom of each side marking half and quarter inches. Plus a hole for hanging. Lovely. 24 x 1 3 8 x 3 16 and in very good condition with a great