Look at mahjong through historical materials
By Hagley Museum and Library
Look beyond the rules to ask what tiles and counters were made from.
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- Original page label
- Look at mahjong through historical materials
- Original provider
- Hagley Museum and Library
- Full scope record
- American material history — 1920s manufacturing
- Before using the source
- Images illustrate an archive essay, not a complete tile-identification gallery. Some linked records are separate sites.
- Access record
- Public illustrated page; linked collection viewers were not tested.
- Why selected
- Look beyond the rules to ask what tiles and counters were made from.
- Page checked
- 2026-10-30
- What was checked
- Essay, embedded image references, and linked 1922 magazine record confirmed; image pixels and downstream viewers not audited. November 2, 2026 maintenance: page initially loaded but the focused body-text read timed out. Previous verification date retained; linked image viewers not tested.
- Media & reuse
- Image reuse rights were not established; view on Hagley and request permission before reuse.
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