US general 23

Mah Tjong. box with ‘Made in Canada’ sticker.

Box (150x226x82mm) is American. Made of heavy cardboard pasted with black textured paper printed with characters and text in gold. Inside are with red paper covered trays. four for the tiles and one with four partitions for counters, dice and spare tiles.

Tiles (23x33x13mm) are of plain, somewhat sanded wood with on top rounded sides. The characters and images are monochrome printed in green, red and black. One Characters 7 is blank. There are four spare tiles.

Counters are flat and thin strips of French Ivory, celluloid with an ivory pattern. They are not complete.

Dice (2x) are made of bone with western points.

There are no wind discs.

Instruction manual is a belonging booklet. Called ‘How to play Mah Tjong’ by J.L.Nelson. © 1923.