Antique Painted Tin Folk Art Pair of Figures in Bowlers with Pointing Arms grooming this old cast iron fisted

this old cast iron fisted hand weighs nearly 4 pounds

Claes Oldenburg

I Sometimes I find these glazes a bit much

He's threaded with what I believe is his original string

as point of reference

Antique Painted Tin Folk Art Pair of Figures in Bowlers with Pointing Arms grooming this old cast iron fistedI bought this one at a very good antiques show in Pennsylvania, from a dealer who had had it in her personal collection for many years. Perhaps obvious to someone else, but I'm not sure if once part of a sign or a weathervane or what, but I'd guess the pointing fingers on these two articulated, painted tin men in bowlers were meant to point toward something! Perhaps the round balls fists at the ends their other arms giving a clue? maybe part of a