Big Daddy Roth query

Any Ed ‘Big Daddy’ Roth aficionados out there? A friend sent in these pix of a wooden sculpture they recently purchased. It looks to be nearly fifty years old, varnished, 11 1/2" high, about 7" wide, 5 1/2" deep with a 9” vertical crack near the tail, and Ed’s initials carved underneath next to “59,” the presumed date of the piece.

If you know what this was made for, how many were carved, where it was sold, or anything about it at all, please send an e-mail to flickhead@comcast.net