Furniture brass piece? Age/style guesses

[highnam]

Found in a early 1900’s post office site, it was bent together so I pulled it apart enough to photograph, it started to split so I stopped it looks like a duck head perhaps Asian inspired? Any thought would be appreciated there is one hole towards the top probably for mounting.

 

[invent4hir]

Wow the things you see on Tnet! Any lettering?

 

[highnam]

No lettering...surprisingly thick brass.

 

[invent4hir]

I'm trying to imagine what it looks like fully open. In the first picture, the "duck" head appears to be attached to a thin body with fins at the opposite end - kind of like a mermaid. I agree that the hole at the top was probably used to fasten this to something- not sure what.

 

[invent4hir]

In the second photo I still see a slender body, but what looked like fins in the first picture looks like round feet. Could be a pair of short arms(?) attached to the body. Not sure what style this is, but someone on Tnet will know.

 

[Joseph2867]

Looks like a coat/hat hook..dragon or serpent..definitely looks Asian..