Handmade Wooden Nautical Dial (for Teaching Sailing?) red-orange Good for holding while contemplating

Good for holding while contemplating the meaning of the universe

I am almost certain this bowl is either Cochiti or Santo Domingo

The stone is otherwise very smooth and feels great to hold

this guy seems to have been the 107th creation of what I believe was quite a small company

This is just a sweet little lidded round one with a nicely turned handle

Handmade Wooden Nautical Dial (for Teaching Sailing?) red-orange Good for holding while contemplatingI'm not a sailor, but I think this interesting old handmade dial would be instructive if a novice like me were to try to put it to use. The black "boat" at the center is annotated with Port and Starboard (missing the first few letters), Forward and Aft, and then depending on which direction one points to boat, there are notes on the middle disk relative to positions of bow and beam. At least this is what I think is going on here! Mostly, I just think