1976.11.11.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Game of Jacks in a clear plastic container [.1] with red lid [.2] comprising seven ‘jacks’ [.3-.9] coloured yellow, pink, purple and green and 1 red rubber ball [.10]. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/1/2005]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

China, Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region)

Asia > Eastern Asia > China, Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region)

Cultural groups

English

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source Kenneth Page Oakley

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1968

Date collected

By 1968

Acquisition information

Donated: 1976

Materials and processes

Material Plastic Synthetic, Material Rubber Plant, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Dyed, Process Painted

Dimensions

Height: max 80 mm [.1], Diameter: max 18 mm [.10], Diameter: max 26 mm [.2], Length: max 7 mm [.3-.9]

Object numbers

Accession number: 1976.11.11.1 Accession number: 1976.11.11.2 Accession number: 1976.11.11.3 Accession number: 1976.11.11.4 Accession number: 1976.11.11.5 Accession number: 1976.11.11.6 Accession number: 1976.11.11.7 Accession number: 1976.11.11.8 Accession number: 1976.11.11.9 Accession number: 1976.11.11.10

Research and responses

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knucklebones: Knucklebones also known as hucklebones, dibs, jackstones, chuckstones or five-stones, is a game of very ancient origin, played with five small objects, originally the knucklebones of a sheep, which are thrown up and caught in various ways. Modern knucklebones consist of six points, or knobs, proceeding from a common base, and are usually made of metal or plastic. The winner is he who first completes successfully a prescribed series of throws, which, while of the same general character, differ widely in detail. The simplest consists in tossing up one stone, the jack, and picking up one or more from the table while it is in the air; and so on until all five stones have been picked up. ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacks: Jacks (sometimes called jackstones, fivestones or onesies) is a playground game for children. The game originated hundreds of years ago, when the only playthings boys and girls had were materials they found near their homes. They collected small stones and animal bones and learned to use them in a game. They tossed them into the air and did similar to today's version of the game. A set of jacks consists of fifteen small metal six-pointed stars, called 'jacks', and a rubber ball. The playing surface is any flat area, such as the tarmac of a playground. Sometimes an area may be delineated in chalk, but more often it is just the space between the two players. The players decide who goes first, perhaps via ip dip, (American: 'One Two') or a variant, then the jacks are scattered loosely into the play area. The players take it in turn to bounce the ball off the surface, then pick up jacks, then catch the ball before it bounces twice. [AP 27/09/2006]

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