Kourt King croquet game set mallets from Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Indiana Handle Company, Inc., American, founded 1932
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: Kourt King croquet game set mallets from Rock Rest Tourist Home. The set has six (6) with different colored striped mallets: orange, green, yellow, black, blue, and red.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.32.3.1: An orange Kourt King croquet game mallet from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The mallet is constructed from two pieces of lacquered and painted wood. The handle shaft is rounded and there are six (6), thick, orange stripes painted around the top of the handle. The handle is inserted into a hole at the center of the head. The head is lathe turned, has two (2) faces, and has four (4), thin, orange stripes. The stripes are painted around the tops of two (2) inset ridges on each side of the center of the mallet.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.32.3.2: A green Kourt King croquet game mallet from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The mallet is constructed from two pieces of lacquered and painted wood. The handle shaft is rounded and there are six (6), thick, green stripes painted around the top of the handle. The handle is inserted into a hole at the center of the head. The head is lathe turned, has two (2) faces, and has four (4), thin, green stripes. The stripes are painted around the tops of two (2) inset ridges on each side of the center of the mallet.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.32.3.3: A yellow Kourt King croquet game mallet from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The mallet is constructed from two pieces of lacquered and painted wood. The handle shaft is rounded and there are six (6), thick, yellow stripes painted around the top of the handle. The handle is inserted into a hole at the center of the head. The head is lathe turned, has two (2) faces, and has four (4), thin, yellow stripes. The stripes are painted around the tops of two (2) inset ridges on each side of the center of the mallet.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.32.3.4: A black Kourt King croquet game mallet from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The mallet is constructed from two pieces of lacquered and painted wood. The handle shaft is rounded and there are six (6), thick, black stripes painted around the top of the handle. The handle is inserted into a hole at the center of the head. The head is lathe turned, has two (2) faces, and has four (4), thin, black stripes. The stripes are painted around the tops of two (2) inset ridges on each side of the center of the mallet.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.32.3.5: A blue Kourt King croquet game mallet from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The mallet is constructed from two pieces of lacquered and painted wood. The handle shaft is rounded and there are six (6), thick, blue stripes painted around the top of the handle. The handle is inserted into a hole at the center of the head. The head is lathe turned, has two (2) faces, and has four (4), thin, blue stripes. The stripes are painted around the tops of two (2) inset ridges on each side of the center of the mallet.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.32.3.6: A red Kourt King croquet game mallet from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The mallet is constructed from two pieces of lacquered and painted wood. The handle shaft is rounded and there are six (6), thick, red stripes painted around the top of the handle. The handle is inserted into a hole at the center of the head. The head is lathe turned, has two (2) faces, and has four (4), thin, red stripes. The stripes are painted around the tops of two (2) inset ridges on each side of the center of the mallet.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Paoli, Orange County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Toys and Games
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.32.3.1-.6
objectType: label: Type
content: croquet sets
label: Type
content: mallets (sports equipment)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paint on wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.32.3.1: Orange mallet): 24 13/16 × 6 × 1 13/16 in. (63 × 15.3 × 4.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.32.3.2: Green mallet): 24 13/16 × 6 × 1 7/8 in. (63 × 15.3 × 4.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.32.3.3: Yellow mallet): 24 13/16 × 6 1/16 × 1 7/8 in. (63 × 15.4 × 4.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.32.3.4: Black mallet): 24 13/16 × 6 × 1 7/8 in. (63 × 15.3 × 4.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.32.3.5: Blue mallet): 24 13/16 × 6 × 1 7/8 in. (63 × 15.3 × 4.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.32.3.6: Red mallet): 24 13/16 × 6 × 1 7/8 in. (63 × 15.3 × 4.7 cm)