Game Pieces
21426.8
From: Japan | Ryukyu Islands
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Ohajiki |
| Object Number | 21426.8 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Ryukyuan |
| Provenience | Japan | Ryukyu Islands |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Clay |
| Description | Clay discs (thirteen) half an inch in diameter, flat on one side and rounded on the other. Played by girls. One disc or checker is snapped at another along the ground, and by hitting wins that checker. Dirty pink. Used for the game Ohajiki (御弾き). |
| Outside Diameter | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of William Henry Furness 3rd, 1898 |
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