Playing Card Deck
29-238-38
From: China | Hankou
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Tian Jiu 天九 |
| Object Number | 29-238-38 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Hankou |
| Period | 19th Century |
| Date Made | 1889 - 1893 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Paper | Ink |
| Technique | Printed |
| Iconography | Dominoes | Heavens and Nines | Flower Harmony | Fa Ho |
| Description | Playing card deck used to play Tian Jiu, 天九, or Heavens and Nines. Rectangular cards with rounded corners. Backs black matte. Faces with black and red domino spots. Tacky yellow coating. Cards are stuck together. From Culin publication: "No. 38. Hankow. Also a Fa-wong. The 126 cards as in No. 24. Illuminated cards have the t'ai kik (protyle dividing into the yeung, or male, and yam, or female, elements) in black and a black border; the doubles bear in red the hieroglyph wong, "prince" and have a black border." |
| Length | 9.6 cm |
| Width | 2.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from William Henry Wilkinson, 1903 |
| Other Number | Wilkinson 38 - Collector Number | 29-191-241.12 - Old Museum Number |
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