1901.47.1.69

Collection type

Object

Description

Gaming card. With an image which depicts two red and yellow flowers with black leaves. The card is rectangular and made from paper, the back of the card is black with an image glued to the front. The card is one of forty-nine black cards in a game set. [AB [OPS Move] 21/7/2016]

Long description

For the complete set of black game cards please see, 1901.47.1 .64 - .110 and 1901.47.1 .120 - .121. [AB [OPS Move] 21/7/2016] 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 Paper Plant, Process Glued

Dimensions

Height: max 0.5 mm, Width: max 54 mm, Length: max 35 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1901.47.1.69

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]

Search terms: Toy and Game, Card Game, Game, Game Accessory