Old Buried Rifle Skeleton, Much Eroded book of tea This is one of my

This is one of my favorite recent finds

And what a lot of labor went into making it

made into an ashtray

but adding their own elements and adaptations

The box itself

Old Buried Rifle Skeleton, Much Eroded book of tea This is one of myI find this skeletal, rusty, much eroded rifle a rather poignant objectits purpose entirely subverted and its appearance super primitive, looking like a crude shiv with a handle. I dont know much of anything about rifles so really have no idea the maker or how long it was buried for to wind up like this, but I dont care much just quite an evocative thing. 19 7 8 l x 3 3 4 wide at butt of wood handle x 1 1 4 d. The iron is rusty and will flake a bit