Accession No
Z 39652
Description
Nuevo Juego de la Solitaria. Board game titled 'New Game of Solitaire', which folds in half. Game features a black octagonal grid framed by red decoration and an illustration of a woman. Instructions written in Spanish in red ink are at the bottom of the board. Surface of board has browned considerably.
Place
Americas; North America; Mexico; Silao
Period
Source
Starr, Frederick [collector]; Folklore Society [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 39652; 187 [Starr Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Paper
Local Term
Nuevo Juego de la Solitaria
Measurements
330mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Board game. 'New Game of Solitaire'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Professor Frederick Starr in 1898.
Event Date 1898
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Starr Catalogue for no. 187: 'The old game of solitaire, where a series of pieces are arranged upon a symmetrical diagram, somewhat cruciform, with a central space left empty. The pieces jump each other as in checkers or draughts, until but one piece is left. The diagram varies slightly from the familiar form.'
Event Date 1899
Author: Jazmin Hundal
Context (Amendments / updates)
The Frederick Starr Collection of Mexican Folklore was never catalogued when it came to the museum. Cataloguing was done in 1984 when, by error, some of the items were entered in the 1984 book instead of the Z book. To try to correct this in the simplest way possible, all these numbers were grouped under a single Z number, in addition to the number already given. The remainder of the collection was then given individual Z numbers in the normal way. The collection was examined in 1984 by Dr Charlene Cerny (Director of the Museum of National Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico) and her colleague, Valentin Jacques, both experts on Mexican folk art. Her notes on the collection, together with a xerox of the original catalogue, which has full details on the uses of the various items, is on file. The collection is unusual in being well documented and of such an early date, and is a rare one outside Mexico. Not all the items listed in the original catalogue were found at the time of cataloguing.
Event Date 1984
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Nuevo Juego de la Solitaria. Board game titled 'New Game of Solitaire', which folds in half. Game features a black octagonal grid framed by red decoration and an illustration of a woman. Instructions written in Spanish in red ink are at the bottom of the board. Surface of board has browned considerably.
Event Date 22/6/2021
Author: Jazmin Hundal
FM:84450
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