Kourt King croquet game set stakes from Rock Rest Tourist Home: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

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.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: mid 20th century
• Manufactured by: Indiana Handle Company, Inc., American, founded 1932
• Owned by: Clayton Sinclair, American
• Owned by: Hazel Sinclair, American
• Subject of: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
• Type: croquet sets
• Type: stakes (pointed objects)
• Medium: paint on wood
• Medium: 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)
• Dimensions: 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)
• Place collected: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
• Place made: Paoli, Orange County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Black interiors
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Recreation
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: Sports
• Topic: Travel
• Object number: 2011.12.32.4.1-.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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