[Northkeep] Period Toys

[Horn, Trisha D.]

I am interested in a dumbek and curious about the pricing onthe backgammon
set.

Raghnailt

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Miriam Cook [SMTP:zahavabathannah at yahoo.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, July 24, 2003 15:07
> To:	The Barony of Northkeep
> Subject:	RE: [Northkeep] Period Toys
> 
> Which reminds me that if anyone would like a *real*
> Arab made backgammon set imported from Israel, please
> let me know. They are usually wood with
> mother-of-pearl inlay. I can also get similar looking
> small boxes and ceramic dumbek drums (similar to mine
> if y'all have ever seen it) with the mother-of-pearl
> inlay. 
> 
> I am thinking of getting in some stuff while the
> cease-fire is at least sorta holding...
> 
> Zahava
> 
> --- "Horn, Trisha D." <tdhorn at saintfrancis.com> wrote:
> > Thanks to all for the help! I've also found out
> > checkers and backgammon both
> > date back considerably (several centuries B.C.) and
> > the instructions/set up
> > for a nifty little game called Nine Men's Morris. 
> > So far, so good!
> > 
> > Raghnailt
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:	Miriam Cook [SMTP:zahavabathannah at yahoo.com]
> > > Sent:	Thursday, July 24, 2003 11:31
> > > To:	The Barony of Northkeep
> > > Subject:	[Northkeep] Period Toys
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Stefan's Florilegium (www.florilegium.org) has
> > some
> > > great discussions on period toys. Also Beorlic has
> > a
> > > great game called Boats (or at least that's what
> > Marta
> > > and I call is <<grinnnn>>) that is a Norse thing.
> > Also
> > > Mancala (you can get a pretty nice wooden set on
> > the
> > > 15th Cent Isle at Wally-World for $10) is said to
> > date
> > > make to Moorish Spain, I haven't done my own
> > research
> > > on that so don't sue me if it's wrong.
> > > 
> > > The painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder, sometimes
> > > spelled without the 'h', (who by the way is an
> > > excelent sourse for a glimps of everyday life in
> > the
> > > 1560's) has a painting called "Children's Games."
> > > Here;s a link to view it:
> > > 
> > >
> >
> http://www.artchive.com/artchive/B/bruegel/bruegel_childrens_games.jpg.htm
> > > l
> > > 
> > > Many of the "games" look downright dangerous and
> > > painful to me... but maybe we can get some ideas
> > from
> > > it at least.
> > > 
> > > Zahava
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > 	Also, in general, Lahoma and I are looking for
> > > > information on how to
> > > > make/play period games and toys to keep the
> > > > halflings occupied in a more
> > > > period manner. I'm leaning toward cloth dolls
> > for
> > > > the girls. Is it plausible
> > > > to have someone rough-carve some "action figure"
> > > > type things for the boys?
> > > > If so, whom would I contact? I know board games
> > were
> > > > played with, but which
> > > > ones? Anyone know of any websites with info?
> > > > 
> > > > 	Raghnailt
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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