Great Old Handmade Double Dial Wooden Score Keeper bookends signed scher with the red cheeks

with the red cheeks

it reminds me a lot of one of my favorite objects ever: an early Arikara Native American hide shield held in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City

and just a bit of wear to the corners generally

I love her in her much used and worn state--clearly with many puppet shows behind her

Great Old Handmade Double Dial Wooden Score Keeper bookends signed scher with the red cheeksI'm not completely sure what this would have been made for, but I'm sure keeping score, and I think maybe billiards, as I've seen a few other with the same progressions from 1 10 and 10 100. I just think it's a terrific object, and could be used to track all sorts of things, including perhaps inspiring some games of one's own invention. I tighten the screws on the arms a bit and they are nice and tight, easy to turn but holding tight wherever you