2031 a-
Game, Board
1930 Approximate
Pe-Ling Game in Box. Material: paper. Size: 5 5/8" W. x 16 1/8" L. x 1 1/2" H. Description: green mottled paper over cardboard box (top and bottom) - red borders and red and black dragon graphics and printed information: "The Original Chinese Game of Pe-Ling Played by the Mandarins for Centuries" - box contents: racks, scoring tablets, instructions, dice, tiles, and counting sticks. (b-e) Pe-Ling Game Pieces, Racks. Material: wood. Size: 3/4" deep x 15 3/4" L. x 1" H. Description: green stained wood; four long rectangular sticks used in the Pe-Ling game. (f-j) Pe-Ling Game Pieces, Scoring Tables. Material: paper. Size: 3/4" W. x 14 1/2" L. Description: white paper; black printed scoring tables used in the Pe-Ling game. (L-m) Pe-Ling Game Pieces, Dice. Material: ivory. Size: 5/16" W. cube. Description: off-white ivory; black painted dots on each face of the two cubes. (n-uuuuuuu) Pe-Ling Game Pieces, Tiles. Material: paper. Size: 7/8" W. x 1 3/8" L. x 3/16" thick. Description: white cardboard - 150 rectangular playing cards divided into three suits (bamboo, dots, characters), four winds, three dragons, four seasons, four flowers, two wind buttons and four blank tiles. (vvvvvvv-yyyyyyy) Pe-Ling Game Pieces, Counting Sticks. Material: paper. Size: 3/8" deep x 2" L. Description: varying colors of construction weight paper cards; one hundred and eighteen "sticks" in four values and varying colors; (v) forty-two white with black print counter sticks worth two points; (w) thirty-six green with black print counter sticks worth ten points; (x) thirty-two pink with black print counter sticks worth one hundred points; (y) eight tan with black print counter sticks worth five hundred points; (two counters missing).
instructions (k)