MS 7177 Book of tangrams or puzzle designs
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7177
name: label: Collector
content: McLane, Abby Knight
place: label: Place
content: China
label: Place
content: East Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Games
label: Topic
content: Tangrams
creator: label: Collector
content: McLane, Abby Knight
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Volume (96 pages, woodblock prints on mulberry paper, 4.25 x 6.5 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 7177
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The item was donated to the Smithsonian in 1919 by Abby Knight McLane. It was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives by Chang-su Houchins in June 1985.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7177
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
label: Type
content: Books
label: Type
content: Works of art
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Books
label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of a book of tangram or qiqiaoban designs.  A tangram is a dissection puzzle consisting of seven pieces shaped so that they form a square when their sides are properly joined together. They can also be joined together to form various shapes of geometric designs, animals, and other figures. This booklet shows possibilities for a certain set.

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