Collection Highlights
Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)
c. 1554-1565
1889.10.1.1
Watercolor, black and brown ink, gouache, and white lead pigment over black chalk on ivory paper, laid on paper, formerly mounted on an album page
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Old Fashioned Jack Straws
Title
Old Fashioned Jack Straws
Object name
Table game
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 7 3/4 x 6 in. ( 2.5 x 19.7 x 15.2 cm )
Description
"Old Fashioned Jack Straws" table game with 78 wooden pick-up-sticks in the shape of farm tools in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover stamped in gold, "OLD/ FASHIONED/ JACK/ STRAWS/ NEW YORK/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.652
Marks
stamped: on the box cover: "OLD/ FASHIONED/ JACK/ STRAWS/ NEW YORK/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS"
Gallery Label
In the game of Jack Straws (the Victorian version of today's pick-up sticks), wooden "straws" shaped like farming implements are spread on the table and players try to remove them one-by-one without disturbing the other straws.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
