Twelve Men's Morris Old Handmade Game Board with Folk Art Bird Peg! figurative rug but was done in the

but was done in the 1930s by Helen Wagner Malta (1912-1975)

The've got brass spinners at their centers

There is a slightly darker area at the very center of the interior

They are quite heavy

Twelve Men's Morris Old Handmade Game Board with Folk Art Bird Peg! figurative rug but was done in theI am not sure if this is the ultimate "make do," creation, or whether the peg with bird on top was devised to give flourish to the winning player's triumphant final move, but In any case, a pretty terrific display object I think, and playable yet! The board, certainly pretty old, is for the ancient strategy game most commonly known as Twelve Men's Morris (a variation on Nine Men's Morris, and also known as mills and marl) played by two people. Players