Hand-carved Old Pine Weighted Pin (Knock Down? or Juggling Pin?) European hand-drawn map but haven't been able to

but haven't been able to commit to one simply bearing someone's initials

the darker brown was surely once black

I purchased the piece at an wonderful estate sale that included a number of fine woven textiles as well as an eclectic collection of notable modern and contemporary art and design objects from around the world

The backsides show stains to the paper in the corners but no tears and the fronts are in excellent condition

) I believe this one is mahogany

Hand-carved Old Pine Weighted Pin (Knock Down? or Juggling Pin?) European hand-drawn map but haven't been able toI've been finding myself attracted of late to objects that are all about form and materiality, and which beg to be arranged in relationship to other objects that are all about the same; this is a prime example a bit of a mystery, at least to me, but a beautiful and satisfying thing. Hand carved of pine, which has a acquired a wonderful warm dry patina, it is weighted at the bottom, so definitely not a masher, but rather I think either a very old