Pitt Rivers Museum Anthropology and World Archaology

 

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Shuttlecock

China

 

Collected by R. T. Turley

Purchased by the Museum in 1896

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Shuttlecocks is a popular game in China, Japan, India, and Thailand. The aim of the game is to keep the shuttlecock in the air and not to let it touch the ground. The shuttlecock is kicked with the feet, the knees, the hips, and the body, but never with the hands. The game has several descendants including badminton.

View database record 1896.62.93