Just from the image on here, I would say it was a decorative ornament for something
wooden such as a cabinet etc. It appears to have 2 holes at the top for small screws
and one at the bottom making it appear to have been screwed in to something wooden.
What is so intriguing to me is it is NOT cemetrical. One side does not match the other
if you look closely at it. In your first image facing us, there are 3 small pieces that are
adorning the hair piece. On the right side, if you look very closely, it appears to at one
time or another, those same 3 images were on that side also but have been worn down.
Well that knocks out a drawer or door handle. You couldn't have gotten your hand on it
firmly enough to open a door or drawer. Also, something had to wear them down and I
am assuming that would have been a hand. Just thinking if a hand wore it down and it
was screwed into something, what would that have been? Possibly a staff such as the
Masons use in their ceremonies, a walking cane, something of that nature? It has the
appearance of being something ceremonial such as a Myan image, Chinese or Japanese
Emperor, something such as what Woodstock has referred to.