Lottery Board
16448F
From: Johore | Malay Peninsula
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Chap Jiki |
| Object Number | 16448F |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Johore | Malay Peninsula |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Part of a board for Chap Jiki (Chap Ji Kee) Lottery. Painted white with red border and 12-square grid (3 down, 4 across). In the squares formed by the grid, Chinese characters: vertical columns alternating red and black. Made in three interlocking pieces, of which this is the third. Includes fourth column and right border. Good condition. Characters in 16448A-C (Board 1) are mirror image of those in 16448D-F (Board 2). Gambling game said to have been invented in Johore in the 1890s. |
| Height | 59.5 cm |
| Width | 39 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Sultan of Johore (through his agent Rounsevelle Wildman), 1893 |
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