Summary
Traditional Vietnamese counting game consisting of 75 wooden pieces contained in a wooden box. The game was donated to the Australian Children's Folklore Collection in 1992.
The Australian Children's Folklore Collection is unique in Australia, documenting contemporary children's folklore across Australia and in other countries reaching back to the 1870s. The Collection has a strong component of research material relating to Victoria.
Physical Description
Traditional Vietnamese counting game consisting of 75 wooden pieces contained in a wooden box with a separate lid. The playing pieces are large round discs, numbered from 0 to 9. Each disc consists of a base, a round number and an appropriate number of small discs. They come apart and the object of the game is to put them back together. Colours used are white, red, yellow, green, brown and pink. The playing pieces stack into a square wooden box which has a separate fitted lid, but no hinges. Text on both sides of the box.
More Information
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Acquisition Information
Cultural Gifts Donation from Dr June Factor, 18 May 1999
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Acknowledgement
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
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Place & Date Made
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Inscriptions
On box: HOC MA/CHOI/3/ Marie Curie
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Classification
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
10.9 cm (Length), 10.9 cm (Width), 9 cm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
109 mm (Length), 105 mm (Width), 90 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Education, Games, Puzzles, Vietnamese Communities, Vietnamese Culture, Vietnamese Immigration, Woodworking
