Tall Wooden Arm and Hand (Mold?) wooden foot with a perfectly shaped handle

with a perfectly shaped handle made heavy by the fact that the steel runs the entire length and breadth of it

) I know she was a graduate of Tufts University and spent much of her life in the nearby Boston suburb of Belmont

stacking them up like this to just leave and admire

or soon will be

Tall Wooden Arm and Hand (Mold?) wooden foot with a perfectly shaped handleI'm guessing this was probably made as a mold, but I'm not completely sure. While fairly crudely done, I like it as a gesture of a raised hand, as if saying "I know the answer" and forever waiting to be called upon! 17 1 4" t x 6 1 2" w x 3 1 8" d (at base). Very good condition, pine I believe, with some darkening to the wood near the end of the arm.