Handmade Russian Prison Playing Cards, Complete 32 Card Deck carved box or anything else warding off

or anything else warding off the end

yielding a to my eye an ideal surface--scraped

23 1/2" long x 5 3/4" widest x 7/8" deep

Easy to hang on the wall from the string at top

Oil on canvas

Handmade Russian Prison Playing Cards, Complete 32 Card Deck carved box or anything else warding offI learned about the existence of Russian prison playing cards from Eric Oglander at tihngs, who has sold a few decks, and I wanted to hold a deck in my hands. They're pretty amazing. This complete 32 card deck plus two blanks came straight from Russian, and I know from the seller that they were made in IK 19 prison in Kazan in 2010. These, from what I understand, were not made by prisoners to sell, but rather are made as a single deck to use inside,