Playing Card Deck
| 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 |
| Early Date: | 1889 |
| Late Date: | 1893 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Paper Ink |
| Technique: | Printed |
| Iconography: | Dominoes |
| 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 |
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.""
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. 25 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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