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Box of Dasavatari Ganjifa playing cards in various colours all with red backs, and round in shape. Some portray some exploits of Vishnu, his avatars and other scenes. The box is painted in red, yellow and green to portray a man seated, perhaps a depiction of Vishnu, and has a sliding top. There are 115 playing cards representing ten suits, one for each avatar of Vishnu, with the first court card, the King, missing from each suit.
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
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