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Box has a upward sliding front lid (b). Inside reveals five drawers, each has a turned silver-colored handle at the center. Top four drawers, equal in size, have carved and decorated ivory game tiles (a). Larger bottom drawer is divided into three compartments. Each holds long rectangular ivory betting sticks, with a pair of ivory dice. Box construced with dovetail joints and stained a dark brown. A C-shaped metal bail handle placed at center top.
mah jongg
ivory (tooth component)
wood (plant material)
tile games
mah jongg
Game
Game, Tile
Set, Mah-Jongg
Set, Mah-Jongg
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
6.75 x 9.563 x 7 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1655AB
1900-1930 (possibly)
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