Playing cards for playing Dasawatara; 120 lacquered and painted paper playing cards (round) 120 playing cards; backs painted red, fronts painted with avatars of the Lord Vishnu.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Maharashtra State, India
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Person depicted:
Vishnu (Hindu deity)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Playing cards
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
Catalog card lists 122 cards, only 120 present L. Beyer 2/21/2014