tut tut

Not on display

We don’t have an image of this object online yet.

More about images

V&A Images may have a photograph that we can’t show online, but it may be possible to supply one to you. Email us at vaimages@vam.ac.uk for guidance about fees and timescales, quoting the accession number: B.75:1to112-1997

Artist/Maker	British Museum (manufacturers)
Place of origin	England (published)

Design: cards printed in colour to show hieorglyphs and letters of the alphabet; the reverse sides show a bird and two semicircles which spell the word TUT
No. of cards: 72,24,6
No. illustrated: all

Object details

Categories	Toys & Games Games (Puzzles & Board Games) Games Playing Cards & Tarot Cards
Object type	Card Game Set
Parts	This object consists of 112 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below) Boxes Lids Boxes Instructions Information Posters Information Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Playing Cards Games Gaming Counters Games Gaming Counters Games Gaming Counters Games Gaming Counters Games Gaming Counters Games
Title	tut tut (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Printed card Card Printing
Brief description	Card game set, 'Tut Tut' by Claudia McNulty and Rachel Allison, printed card, publsihed by the British Museum, England, 1996
Physical description	Design: cards printed in colour to show hieorglyphs and letters of the alphabet; the reverse sides show a bird and two semicircles which spell the word TUT No. of cards: 72,24,6 No. illustrated: all
Dimensions	Size: 6¾in x 9¼in x 2½in
Object history	The game was developed for the British Museum by Claudia Mc Nulty of Wicked Games and Rachel Allison. It is a word making and spelling game and there are four different aspects to it from simple to difficult.
Historical context	Rewards: see rules Forfeits: see rules No. of Players: any Equipment required: 72 TUT cards, arranged in 12 sets of 6 24 letter cards, arranged in 12 sets of 2 6 idea cards, hieroglyph alphabet and dictionary, counters original card box Rules: TUT TUT 4 FUN, FAST AND FIENDISH GAMES OF LUCK, SKILL & STRATEGY TUT ANKHST DUEL DYNASTIES The four TUT TUT games are quick and easy to learn - and you don't need to known anything about hieroglyphs to play them! All you need to do is read MAKING WORDS
Production	the British Museum Company ltd
Collection	Young V&A Collection
Accession number	B.75:1to112-1997

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record created	March 4, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O26530/tut-tut-card-game-set/

Download as: JSON

Object details

About this object record

You may also like