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Hearst Museum object titled Playing card, accession number 1-127038, described as Complete playing card; pair of swords on obverse, geometric on reverse. See 1-127039 and 1-127040; possibly from the same deck. (Richard F. Ambro).

Hearst Museum object titled Playing card fragment, accession number 1-127039, described as Playing card fragment. See 1-127038, 1-127040; possibly from the same deck. See Heiser and Hester, 1973. (Richard F. Ambro).

Hearst Museum object titled Playing card fragments, accession number 1-127040, described as Two fragments of a playing card or cards. See 1-127038 and 1-127039; possibly from the same deck. (Richard F. Ambro).

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Playing cards, accession number 2-50127, described as Playing cards; set of playing cards with “The seal of the District of Alaska” and totem poles on back, various scenic and ethnographic photographs on face; 52 cards, Joker and box; Joker says: “Alaska souvenir playing cards copyrighted 1900 by Edward H. Mitchell San Francisco, Cal.”: cards 9 x 6.4 cm each.

Hearst Museum object titled Playing cards, accession number 9-11915a-l, described as Playing cards in a box; (a) & (b): rectangular wooden box with sliding lid; painted & gilded with 10 incarnations of Vishnu on sides, Krishna on lid; Telugu inscriptions refer to the incarnations; (c)-(l) circular cards, paper, painted and lacquered over a gesso undercoat; 10 suits of 12 cards representing each of the 10 avatars or incarnations of Vishnu: (c) Matsya, the fish, #3 & #6 missing; (d) Kurma, the tortoise, #9 missing; (e) Varaha the boar, #10 and mantri card missing; (f) Narasimha, the man-lion, #8 and mantri card; (g) Vamana, the dwarf, #7 missing; (h) Parasurama, or Rama with an Axe, #10 missing; (i) Rama, #10 missing; (j) Krishna, Raja card missing; (k) Balarama, #4 & 2 court cards missing; (l) Kalki, the horse, #’s 8, 10 and Raja card missing.

Hearst Museum object titled Playing card, accession number 1-127038, described as Complete playing card; pair of swords on obverse, geometric on reverse. See 1-127039 and 1-127040; possibly from the same deck. (Richard F. Ambro).

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Hearst Museum object titled Playing card fragment, accession number 1-127039, described as Playing card fragment. See 1-127038, 1-127040; possibly from the same deck. See Heiser and Hester, 1973. (Richard F. Ambro).

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Hearst Museum object titled Playing card fragments, accession number 1-127040, described as Two fragments of a playing card or cards. See 1-127038 and 1-127039; possibly from the same deck. (Richard F. Ambro).

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Hearst Museum object titled Playing cards, accession number 9-11915a-l, described as Playing cards in a box; (a) & (b): rectangular wooden box with sliding lid; painted & gilded with 10 incarnations of Vishnu on sides, Krishna on lid; Telugu inscriptions refer to the incarnations; (c)-(l) circular cards, paper, painted and lacquered over a gesso undercoat; 10 suits of 12 cards representing each of the 10 avatars or incarnations of Vishnu: (c) Matsya, the fish, #3 & #6 missing; (d) Kurma, the tortoise, #9 missing; (e) Varaha the boar, #10 and mantri card missing; (f) Narasimha, the man-lion, #8 and mantri card; (g) Vamana, the dwarf, #7 missing; (h) Parasurama, or Rama with an Axe, #10 missing; (i) Rama, #10 missing; (j) Krishna, Raja card missing; (k) Balarama, #4 & 2 court cards missing; (l) Kalki, the horse, #’s 8, 10 and Raja card missing.

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