Ring Toss Game

Name/Title

Ring Toss Game

Entry/Object ID

1959.63.42

Description

Ring toss game consisting of a peg and four rings. The round peg is inserted in a rectangular wooden board as a base. The rings are circles or wood or metal wrapped in strips of cotton, which is in tern wrapped in cotton string.

Context

Likely owned by the George family in East Calais, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1959.63

Source or Donor

Wilkinson, Madeleine (1910-1990)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Game, Ring Toss

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Game

Nomenclature Class

Game Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall (base)

Width

5-3/4 in

Length

11-1/4 in

Dimension Description

Overall (rings)

Diameter

5-1/2 in

Material

Wood, Cotton

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Village

East Calais

Town

Calais

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America