Backgammon Game Box

Mediumleather, felt

Dimensions1 3/8 × 7 1/2 × 5 in. (3.5 × 19.1 × 12.7 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.4223

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionBox; part of a backgammon set (39 pieces total) of tooled leather and wood, with vignettes of sperm whales and whaling. Box is embossed (hand-stamped) with one sperm whale in interior; lined with tan felt. No lid. Function of box is undetermined.ProvenanceWhaling vignettes from an unidentified American source in the manner of George Gale, Gordon Grant and George Wales. See CW-458-1 through -5 for rest of backgammon set (consisting of 34 handmade components and 5 commercially-produced dice).

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