And another question please.... Chinese (?) ivory gaming pieces

Bought these today - there must be over a hundred. But can anyone tell me game one might play with them?

Thank you!

 

mah jong

 

Do you think? They didn't look like mahjong pieces I'd seen before - the old boys round my way play with bigger proper tile shaped ones. (Noisy, too!)

I should have added that the dots are on both sides, and are the same.

 

http://touhou.net/up/mahjong/riichi_beginner/How To Play Japanese Style (Riichi) Mahjong.html

 

Mah Jong counting sticks !

 

Sniped by Messi. .............what can ya do ???

 

AHA! Many thanks all, that makes sense. Much obliged.

 

Don't know what you paid but I see their listed on etsy.....so I'm sure you could find price points !
Good luck...

 

We were both sniped by Terry.

 

Well, yes and no....Terry beat us to the thread, but we posted less than a minute apart..

Good call Terry !!

 

All the ones I have ever seen have been bone, not ivory. Fine and well bleached but bone.

 

af, these seem to have Schraeger lines, but I'll look properly again with a loupe. Thank you!

 

I'm seeing bone from here. People here have been known to make jewelry out of mah jong game pieces.

 

I agree, for Riichi, or Japanese-style Mahjong. I've seen traditional mahjong sets made of bone and bamboo, but I've never come across anything with ivory in it.

 

Hi,
My Chinese friends have one from the 1915 to 1920. It is ivory and in a fitted rosewood and brass box.
greg

 

OK now I'm jealous.