Game Disks in Box
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Aug 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1950
name: label: Collector
content: August Mencken
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of American History
notes: label: Notes
content: Round, lidded ivory box containing eight shell game disks. The box lid is decorated with relief carving of two men in an outdoor scene. Sides of box carved with scenes of trees and houses. Bottom of box has flower design. The shell disks are incised with geometric designs surrounding a central scene of a human figure. The disks are used as the player's pieces for a game called "four field go", played in both China and Korea. Lid is cracked on the rim in four places and has been repaired with glue.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 10
place: label: Place
content: China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 274913
label: USNM Number
content: E425004-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Game Set
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 3.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 2.5 cm