Great Old Two Dial Wooden Folk Art Score Keeper with Handwritten Numbers, 0-100 celluloid Look at his striped purple

Look at his striped purple tights

And with its pretty gold-toned wheat design in relief

Envelop measures 5 1/8" x 3 1/8"

This incredible carving shows some damage--missing part of the tail (hard to know how long it once was)

Great Old Two Dial Wooden Folk Art Score Keeper with Handwritten Numbers, 0-100 celluloid Look at his striped purpleI'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,