Great Old Two Dial Wooden Folk Art Score Keeper with Handwritten Numbers, 0-100 pre-columbian vessels or something similar wrapped around

or something similar wrapped around his waist

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

including a few rough patches as documented

but it certainly looks ancient now

I can just imagine them in a period drama

Great Old Two Dial Wooden Folk Art Score Keeper with Handwritten Numbers, 0-100 pre-columbian vessels or something similar wrapped aroundI'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,