Naipes
date: label: Date made
content: 19th century
name: label: publisher
content: Fournier, Heralio
notes: label: Description
content: These hand-painted playing cards or <i>naipes</i> are from the 19th century. Most playing cards used in Puerto Rico and the rest of Latin America were imported from Spain and were used for both gaming and fortune-telling. They differ in both number and suits from the standard card decks used in North America.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Juego de naipes pintados a mano del siglo XIX. Los naipes que se usaban en Puerto Rico, así como en el resto de América Latina eran por lo general importados de España y se usaban tanto para el juego como para la cartomancia. Diferían tanto en los números como en las estampas de los mazos de cartas usados en América del Norte.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title
content: Playing Cards
topic: label: Subject
content: Daily Life
label: Subject
content: Games
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.0600
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0600
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
objectType: label: Object Name
content: playing cards, deck of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.9 cm x 5.8 cm x .1 cm; 3 7/8 in x 2 5/16 in x 1/16 in