Game

21425.2

From: Japan | Ryukyu Islands | Naha

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Hama Nage
Object Number 21425.2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ryukyuan
Provenience Japan | Ryukyu Islands | Naha
Section Asian
Materials Wood
Description

Game of Hama nage (破魔投げ), played similarly to our game of hockey; bat of wood, thirty-three inches in length, and disc of wood (section of a small tree) three inches in diameter and three quarters of an inch thick. Also known as kyujo (毬杖)

Length 38 cm
Credit Line Gift of William Henry Furness 3rd, 1898
Other Number 183 - Other Number

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