Game

Item number Edz1085 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

White sheet of rectangular paper (part a) divided by blue and red coloured lines into seven segments; segments have in them a rooster, fish, crab, shrimp, a conical object with a ribbon, two rows of characters, and a circular object with a ribbon, respectively--all images are red, green or blue. Three die in a shrink-wrapped package (part b) have images on their six sides corresponding to those on the paper--excluding the characters.

History Of Use

At the time of collection (1980), children often played this game, called (in translation) “”fish shrimp crab”. It is a game of chance. At that time, television was just becoming available, and air conditioning had not yet appeared in people’s homes, so children spent a lot of time playing outdoors. Furthermore, homework was not as onerous as it later became. For these reasons, village children enjoyed playing games outdoors and this game, being inexpensive and readily available, was one of those played.