Playing Card Deck
| Native Name | Tian Jiu 天九 |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 29-238-34 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Chinese |
| Provenience: | China Shanxi |
| Period: | 19th Century |
| Date Made: | 1889 - 1893 |
| Early Date: | 1889 |
| Late Date: | 1893 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Paper Ink |
| Technique: | Printed |
| Iconography: | Dominoes |
| Length: | 10.6 cm |
| Width: | 3.1 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from William Henry Wilkinson, 1903 |
| Other Number: | Wilkinson 34 - Collector Number 29-191-241.6 - Old Museum Number |
Description
48 Tian Jiu, 天九, or Heavens and Nines, playing cards. Rectangular cards with rounded corners. Backs with red and green hexagonal and x motif. Faces with black and red domino spots. Tacky yellow coating.
From Culin publication: "No. 34 - From Shansi province. The card 1-4 being substituted for 1-3, consists of a double Chi lung pack. Total, 48."
Bibliography:
| [Book] Culin, Robert S. 1895. Korean Games, with Notes on the Corresponding Games of China and Japan.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 143, No. 34 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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