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

or something similar wrapped around his waist

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

whether documenting or foreshadowing their fate I am not sure

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,