Super Primitive Antique Parcheesi Make Do Game Board large ship in a bottle and with the weight balanced

and with the weight balanced squarely on her on her shoulders she serves as quite a sturdy handle for carrying the load

with wired back for hanging

Clearly I've got words and language on my brain this week--plus I just made a visit to my favorite antiquarian book seller in Maine--so here's this lovely

This beautiful piece feels as if it were sliced directly from the earth's crust

Super Primitive Antique Parcheesi Make Do Game Board large ship in a bottle and with the weight balancedOf course old wooden game boards with gorgeous colorful paint are wonderful, but I love the primitiveness and immediacy of this one, with the nothing more than necessary parcheesi board cross scratched into its surface with a sense of urgency, as if its maker was needing to play at that very moment and so carved out the board as expeditiously as possible. The effect really feels rather holy to me. Stains and light scratches all over the surface