Context (Field collection)
Collected by Professor Frederick Starr in 1898.
Event Date 1898
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Starr Catalogue for no. 94: 'Playing Cards (Naipes). Pack of playing cards: national designs. The cup, sword, and club are copied from old Aztec patterns, and the coin is a copy of the famous Calendar stone. The figures on the court cards are Indian.'
Event Date 1899
Author: Jazmin Hundal

Context (Amendments / updates)
This item was amongst a number of assorted objects found in the Babington Workroom in 1997.
Event Date 1/6/1997
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1997.128[.1-2]: Two packs of playing cards.
Event Date 1/6/1997
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
T. Cotterill's sescription for 1997.128[.1-2]: : 'Cards are wrapped in paper which is becoming torn.'
Event Date 12/4/2000
Author: Jazmin Hundal

Description (Physical description)
Naipes. Pack of 40 playing cards, wrapped in a red paper cover. Cover features an Aztec design on the front, and an illustration of an eagle with a snake in its mouth on the back. Cover is slightly torn around edges.
Event Date 21/6/2021
Author: Jazmin Hundal