Antique Folk Art Fox and Geese Game Board with (Complete Set of) Hand-carved Pegs and Verse on Reverse 1972 it strikes me as a

it strikes me as a perfect thing for a fisher-person--as well

was at some point cleaned/scraped down on the used side

The interior is smooth

I though at first brass but with what looks rust visible in a few spots I think perhaps iron/mixed metal with a brass/bronze-like finish and verdigris

done by a 14 year old Chantal Cheviot (signed on the edging on reverse) in the earlyish 20th century I would guess

Antique Folk Art Fox and Geese Game Board with (Complete Set of) Hand-carved Pegs and Verse on Reverse 1972 it strikes me as aThis is an antique handmade fox and geese game board, with more than enough hand carved wooden pegs to play (plus a few more of another sort that fit the holes as well.) There is a handwritten verse on the reverse, readable with some effort, beginning "Be happy in life," making me think this was likely made as a gift for a child, or perhaps as a wedding gift long ago. The rules for fox and geese a 2 player strategy game dating back to the Middle Ages