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Mah Jongg Amerikaans Algemeen Kartonnen platte doos met blikken latten 'The Popular Chinese Game'
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3077183
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Board games
Title
Mah Jongg Amerikaans Algemeen Kartonnen platte doos met blikken latten 'The Popular Chinese Game'
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Year
1925
Number of players
4
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Details
Box (307x145x27mm) is of American origin. Made of cardboard pasted with black textured paper printed an illustration and text in gold. Flat and rectangular model with loose lid. With inside room for tiles, counters, dice and four gold colored racks made of tin-plate. An instruction manual is also enclosed.
Tiles (average 22x30x1mm) are made of thick cardboard. Pasted on top with paper printed with characters and images. They have been torn loose from sheets per type. The Dragon tiles show the initials R, W and G.
Counters are two sets of red colored and plain wood. The are incomplete.
Dice are made of plain, lacquered wood with Western points.
There are no wind indicators. Chances are that they never were meant to.
Instruction manual is a undated leaflet belonging to the set. Published by C.S.Hammond & Co, New York USA.