Super Fun Antique Three Dial Monkey Face Advertising Whist Counter diagrams ) Maybe more likely a

) Maybe more likely a pocket warmer  for a large pocket or to fit inside a cover and warm the bed

Lots of power and fortitude expressed in the forms of those blocky carved bodies

but void of people and tightly framed this snapshot feels to me particularly poignant in this moment

and what I take for a crop line with the initials MT written in China marker

One sees these type of sweet grass and ash splint baskets around these parts

Super Fun Antique Three Dial Monkey Face Advertising Whist Counter diagrams ) Maybe more likely aSuch a fun one. This is a game counter for bridge or whist, with the eyes and mouth of the monkey changing as one advances (by turning the dials) points and games and the trump suit on reverse. Clearly made as an advertising card for the Burrough Adding Machine, sold by Frank Spiekerman in Philadelphia, c. 1900 or so. I can't find another like it out there. Don't monkey with the score but a great monkey face to monkey with! 3 1 8" x 2 3 8" and in