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Title(s):
Fortune-telling wheels.
Published/Created:
Great Britain, circa 1870.
Physical Description:
2 sheets : paper, pen and black ink ; 28 cm in diameter
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
BF1891.Q6 F67 1870+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11289729
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Two hand-cut paper wheels, with pointed edges, each handwritten on both sides with short phrases concerning love and fortune. One of the wheels is enlaced with green strings by which it would have been held or spun.
Subject Terms:
Amusements -- Great Britain.
Fortune-telling -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs
Form/Genre:
Games.
Recreations.
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