Mah-Jong set

Identifier

2011-09-0064

Title

Mah-Jong set

Type

Personal Belongings Hobby, Games & Sports equipment

Description

Hand made wooden Mah-Jong Set which consists of 120 cubed pieces with different images and characters carved into the top and then painted. There are two small die and all the pieces sit in a box with a base and lid . The lid has two green Kanji characters on the front .

Creator

Japanese POW

Coverage

Hay, NSW camp1945

Medium

Wood, paint

Format

272 x 189 x 50 mm

Provenance

This Mah-Jong set was presented to Keith Baker by senior Japanese offices from camp 7 .

Date

Second World War, 1939-1945

Audience

Case 73 Drawers

Source

Keith Baker

Date Created

41289