Playing Card Deck
29-238-25
From: China | Hankou
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Tian Jiu 天九 |
| Object Number | 29-238-25 |
| 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 |
| Description | Deck of Tian Jiu, 天九, or Heavens and Nines, playing cards. Rectangular cards with rounded corners. Backs black matte. Faces with black and red domino dots at each end with yellow tacky coating. From Culin publication: "No. 25. - From Hankow. The twenty-one natural quintupled, and these five cards: 1-3 2-3 1-2, 1-5 3-6 2-4, 3-5 1-4 2-6, 3-4 1-6 2-5, 4-5 5-6 4-6. These are known as Sam, or "Hearts."" |
| Length | 9.2 cm |
| Width | 2.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from William Henry Wilkinson, 1903 |
| Other Number | Wilkinson 25 - Collector Number | 29-191-241.4 - Old Museum Number |
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