Checker board (game)

Name (French): damier, jeu de dames
Name (Innu): atshinakan / atinakan
Date Collected: 1920-1930
Institutions: University of Pennsylvania Museum
Catalog Number: 30-3-143 c, e
Place Made: Labrador
Maker:
Collector: Frank G. Speck

Description:

Portable wooden checker board with checkers (game). Three piece folding checker board with triangular handle. Twelve rows of painted red and blue squares on the board – five rows top and bottom, two blue rows in the center. Round and square checkers in solid and crossed designs in red and blue paint.