Textile drawstring bag. For holding gaming counters. The bag is rectangular with a drawstring. It is blue and yellow in colour with a floral and foliate design, the drawstring is red and knotted at either end. [AB [OPS Move] 21/7/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Textile drawstring bag. For holding gaming counters. The bag is rectangular with a drawstring. It is blue and yellow in colour with a floral and foliate design, the drawstring is red and knotted at either end. [AB [OPS Move] 21/7/2016]
Long description: Please note that this object is one of a set of two-hundred and twenty-three objects that form the box, cards, counters and accessories of a Japanese game. [AB [OPS Move] 21/7/2016]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Cuthbert Edgar Peek; PRM source Augusta Louisa Peek
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1901
Date collected: By 1901
Acquisition information: Donated: 1901
Materials and processes: Material Textile, Material String, Material Silk Yarn Animal, Process Handbuilt, Process Stitched, Process Woven, Process Knotted, Process Twisted
Dimensions: Width: max 81 mm, Length: max 89 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1901.47.1.13
Associated publications: Please note that the following offprint was found in one of the drawers containing card games. It is unclear what, if any, object this was originally associated with, so I have put it in a folder in the RDF in 1917.53 which is the collection that most of the card games were from. King Van Rensselaer, J. "Playing Cards from Japan" Proceedings National Museum XIII, No. 836, p. 381 - 382 [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 11/2/2005]

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