Accession # | 44.195.6 |
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Title | Game of Lotto (Cards and Discs) |
Date | 1880s |
Medium | Tin, glass |
Dimensions | card: 10 3/4 x 7 5/16 in. (27.3 x 18.5 cm) disk diameter: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm) |
Credit Line | Museum Expedition 1944, Purchased with funds given by the Estate of Warren S.M. Mead |
Location | Visible Storage: Case 39, Shelf A (Native American Art) |
Description | Lotto game consisting of 15 "cards" and 96 disks. Each card backed and framed with tin and covered with glass. Divided into 25 squares, with pictures of such subjects as: a siren playing a guitar, a compass, a mandolin, a candle, a sow, etc. Pictures vary in each card although many of the same subjects appear. Circular disks each have a picture similar to those on "cards". Each disk is backed and framed with tin and covered with glass. |