Twelve Men's Morris Old Handmade Game Board with Folk Art Bird Peg! figurative rug and clearly made

and clearly made

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

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

I'd like to sell these as a pair to keep them together

Twelve Men's Morris Old Handmade Game Board with Folk Art Bird Peg! figurative rug and clearly madeI 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