[Deck of playing cards from the Dutch East Indies].

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Title: [Deck of playing cards from the Dutch East Indies].
Contributor: Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published / Created: [1810?]
Publication Place: Indonesia
Description: BEIN NEI2: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Title devised by cataloger.
Suit system: Latin.
Type: Celebes Toradja.
Composition of deck: 40 [A, K, C, J, 7-2].
Aces: with dragon.
Court Cards: Courts hold suit signs; eyebrows, eyes and ears are sharply defined; kings sit on box-like thrones; cavaliers ride horses with solid bodies and extremely thin legs; jacks wear dress-like lower clothing.
Pip Cards: Pip cards of swords and batons are arranged like pins in a pin cushion; the 2s of these suits depict double-headed monsters; vines decorate the cards of coins and cups; a fish creature appears on the 7s of these suits.
Decorative coloration is predominantly green and red.
Extent: 40 cards : 69 x 41 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Dutch

Genre: Specimens
Playing cards
Material: color ; and painting
Resource Type: text and still image
Subject (Geographic): Indonesia
Subject (Topic): Playing cards
Subjects: Playing cards > Indonesia > Specimens
Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892-1941 > Ownership
Cary, Mary Flagler > Ownership

Access: Public
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