Unknown strange thing... tool?

[fearn]

Perhaps it's an elaborate serving fork?

Those inlays on the wood handle look a bit like some sort of astrological sign, but if it's a ritual tool, it's a new one on me.

My other guess is that it's what we call a doodad here in the US, possibly made by a hobbyist with some time on his hands and, shall we politely say, a unique sense of design?

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