Well Used and Reinforced Old Braided Leather Black Jack antique transformation card (Also feels a bit like

(Also feels a bit like a precursor to folded cigarette pack frames

I believe the piece likely dates from the 1960s or 70s

but with red and orange and gold paint still holding on and quite a beautifully carved face

once he'd made the sculpture

and then an iridescent round bead

Well Used and Reinforced Old Braided Leather Black Jack antique transformation card (Also feels a bit likeI've had a couple of very beautiful antique knotwork (macrame) sailor's coshes, which were actually what made me aware of this type of weapon, more commonly known as a blackjack. Subtle, but brutal, they features a pliable, braided middle and heavily weighted end, designed to enable a very bruising thwacking. Perhaps this black leather one, well worn at the weight end and reinforced with near the handle, was carried by a policeman in the 1920s or so,