Mah Jongg Amerikaans Algemeen Zwarte kartonnen doos met Chinese en Westerse tekst 

• 1923 
• Mah Jongg 
• Other 

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Board games

Mah Jongg Amerikaans Algemeen Zwarte kartonnen doos met Chinese en Westerse tekst

1923

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Box (150x226x82mm) is of American origin. Made of heavy cardboard pasted with black textured paper printed with characters and text in gold. Upright model with loose lid. Behind the attached front are five, with red paper covered trays. Four for the tiles and one with four compartments for the counters, dice and spare tiles. A sticker on the inside of the lid says: Made in Canada. An instruction manual is also enclosed. Tiles (23x33x13mm) are of plain, somewhat sanded wood with on top rounded sides. The characters and images are monochrome printed in green, red and black. One Characters 7 is blank. There are four spare tiles. Counters are flat and thin strips of celluloid (French Ivory = fake ivory). In pink, turquoise and broken white. They are not complete. Dice (2x) are made of bone with Western points. There are no wind indicators. Instruction manual belongs to the set. Its cover features the same lettering as the box. It is called ‘How to play Mah Tjong’ by J.L.Nelson. copyright 1923.