This resembled a nutcracker - used to crush anything that could fit between the jaws - fingers, thumbs, toes, ears. etc...
Trivia & Comment
What more can be said? There is a lot of pain in simplicity.
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Background image: The Triumph of Death by Pieter Brueghel the Elder