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Game Board

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Collection Type

  • Toys and games

Date

1850

GUSN

GUSN-59091

Description

Multi-colored rectangular box with a hinged lid and boards for chess on the exterior chess and backgammon on the interior.

Details

Descriptive Terms

gameboards (board game elements)
inlay (process)
wood (plant material)
Game
Game, Board
Game, Board

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

17 5/8 x 10 3/8 x 3 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.3192

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