Kourt King croquet game set stakes from Rock Rest Tourist Home
- Manufactured by
- Indiana Handle Company, Inc., American, founded 1932
- Owned by
- Sinclair, Clayton, American
- Sinclair, Hazel, American
- Subject of
- Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
- Date
- mid 20th century
- Medium
- paint on wood
- paint on wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (2011.12.32.4.1): 16 1/4 × 15/16 × 15/16 in. (41.3 × 2.4 × 2.4 cm)
- H x W x D (2011.12.32.4.1): 16 3/16 × 7/8 × 7/8 in. (41.1 × 2.3 × 2.3 cm)
- Description
- Two (2) identical Kourt King croquet game set stakes from the Rock Rest Tourist Home.
- 2011.12.32.4.1: A Kourt King croquet game set stake from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The stake is constructed from a single piece of lacquered and painted wood. The stake is wide and rounded at the top and tapers towards a carved peg at the bottom. The stake is painted with six (6) different colored rings. The colors from top to bottom are blue, orange, red, green, yellow, and black.
- 2011.12.32.4.2: A Kourt King croquet game set stake from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The stake is constructed from a single piece of lacquered and painted wood. The stake is wide and rounded at the top and tapers towards a carved peg at the bottom. The stake is painted with six (6) different colored rings. The colors from top to bottom are blue, orange, red, green, yellow, and black.
- Place collected
- Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Paoli, Orange County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
- Classification
- Toys and Games
- Topic
- Black Enterprise
- Black interiors
- Business
- Recreation
- Segregation
- Sports
- Travel
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
- Object number
- 2011.12.32.4.1-.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.