game-board
- Museum number
- As1959,12.1
- Description
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Beadwork gaming board for 'pachisi'; cruciform with arms of equal length. Each arm consists of twenty-four squares arranged in three rows, alternately translucent red with a white central spot and translucent green with an orange central spot; these squares are separated by lines of white beadwork, which also border the four arms. In the centre of the board, in a square white space bordered by a line of translucent green beads, is a crosslet cross of translucent red beads with orange beads at the nodes. The beads are stitched together with cotton thread to form a flexible fabric.
- Production date
- 1850-1900 (about)
- Dimensions
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Length: 40 centimetres
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Weight: 176 grammes
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Width: 6.50 centimetres (of arms of cross)
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Width: 40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1959:
Beadwork games-board in shape of cross; threaded glass (?) beads forming red and green squares on white ground. From N.W.India according to old label. (AMD,5/1996).
The beads are standard glass seed beads made for trade purposes.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1959
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1959,12.1
