cards, tarot
date: label: Date made
content: 1800 - 1899
name: label: manufacturer
content: Gaudais, J.
label: maker
content: Gaudais, J.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Italian suit of Tarot cards manufactured by J. Gaudais in Paris, France. Double head.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Most recently documented research has linked the origin of tarot cards with a Turkish manuscript called Codex Cumanicus, which is said to have strong links with tarot-related tales. Other reliable sources link card origin to 15th century Italy. Earlier and later discounted sources claimed the cards had Gypsy or Aryan roots in India or origins in Egypt.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Occult sciences
label: Subject
content: Fortune-telling
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Henry Preble
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.213485
label: accession number
content: 38616
label: catalog number
content: 213485
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cards, Tarot (72)
label: Object Name
content: cards, tarot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 10.795 cm x 6.35 cm