1145 – Ouija Board

Physical description:

William Fuld Ouija Board - wood effect background, ornate black letters and numbers, sun and moon, and pictures of people using the board in the bottom corners.

Museum classification:

Divination

Size:

360 x 520 x 5 mm

Information:

Ouija Board or Talking Board. Ouija Boards or Talking Boards have been commercially manufactured from 1890 but they may have been derived from much older scrying devices. The boards became very popular but also very controversial and they gained a reputation for being dangerous. This William Fuld example is a close copy of the 1891 Kennard board. Donated by Morganna Davis.

Resource:

Object

Materials:

Wood, card.

Ouija Board or Talking Board. Ouija Boards or Talking Boards have been commercially manufactured from 1890 but they may have been derived from much older scrying devices. The boards became very popular but also very controversial and they gained a reputation for being dangerous. This William Fuld example is a close copy of the 1891 Kennard board. Donated by Morganna Davis.