Writing board

roughly rectangular shape, with inward-arcing bottom edge; arc-shaped "handle" at top, covered in tooled and twisted leather (?); one side decorated with text and highly stylized quadruped with long, thin legs, long black tail, very long neck and small head (both red) and wedge-shaped body with a hump; body decorated with various patterns--checkerboard, hatching, arcs and diamonds; black, red and brown colors on side with quadruped; opposite side has text in black and red, two grids with letters and geometric symbol in black with red text