Beautiful Antique Double-Sided Game Board with Numbered Squares and Penciled Details mexican craft who in addition to pursuing

who in addition to pursuing his own art worked for Harpers magazine in New York

This small carving is made of ancient fossilized brain coral (Symphillia

really a great piece

Especially fun with this pair is that the bolts that secure the boots to their iron base are just a bit loose

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Beautiful Antique Double-Sided Game Board with Numbered Squares and Penciled Details mexican craft who in addition to pursuingI'm not in the least an expert on old game boards, but I have looked closely at enough to become pretty particular about what I like, and this is very much one of those! Bright colors can be satisfying, but for me these hand painted numbers on the dark gray squares are even more so, making the hand of the maker very palpable, with graphite drawn stars and X's and heart on a few of the blank squares making it all the more so. I believe this would be a