Great Old Two Dial Wooden Folk Art Score Keeper with Handwritten Numbers, 0-100 pre-columbian vessels but it certainly looks ancient

but it certainly looks ancient now

including a few rough patches as documented

And just think of the process of striking and blowing out each and every one of those matches

rainbow colored line with a wire center (I think maybe a waxed braided nylon)--which I must say is pretty gorgeous wound just as it is

with the clay body showing through especially on and near the foot

Great Old Two Dial Wooden Folk Art Score Keeper with Handwritten Numbers, 0-100 pre-columbian vessels but it certainly looks ancientI've had a couple of examples over the years of double dial score keepers somewhat akin to this, though am never certain about the games they were specifically made to score. A two player, or two team, game for sure, one counter for each, counting 1 100. (Could be dice, or darts, or a form of horsehoes? Here's an example in the American Folk Art Museum of one for the latter.) Whatever the case, a wonderfully graphic (even a bit erotic!) looking thing,