Thank You, I would never had guessed a game board, when the cat is on it's base there is room below it to store the game pieces. It's carved from 4 pieces of mahogany.The hinges and screws are brass. We picked it up about 30 years ago, maybe more.I don't think it is real old though.I just had a brainwave as I remembered seeing this on a tv program.
It'a game board.
The game is called Congkak or Congklak
The actual board shapes vary, but the constant is those holes!
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It is lovely