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The Tailess Donkey Game

Migration Museum

Migration Museum
Adelaide, Australia

Game titled 'The Tailess Donkey' in which children required to pin card tail on board picturing donkey. Marked 'British Manufacture' - pictures small children holding a donkey's leg with ropes while one blindfolded attempts to put his tail on. Red box on inside of lid cream/grey, rules printed in black in English and French. Contains one board featuring donkey with numbers encased in white circles all around him, standing by a river. Included are three orange and black tails, each with a hole at one end. The tails are exceedingly large for the donkey.

This game is part of a collection representative of children's games and play in the twentieth century.

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  • Title: The Tailess Donkey Game
  • Rights: History Trust of South Australia, CC-0, photographer: Luke Simon
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