Game
21425.1
From: Japan | Ryukyu Islands | Naha
Curatorial Section: Asian
Native Name | Hama Nage |
Object Number | 21425.1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Ryukyuan |
Provenience | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | Naha |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Game of Hama nage (破魔投げ), played similarly to our game of hockey; bat of wood, thirty-three inches in length, and disc of wood (section of a small tree) three inches in diameter and three quarters of an inch thick. Also known as kyujo (毬杖) |
Length | 38 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of William Henry Furness 3rd, 1898 |
Other Number | 183 - Other Number |
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