Game Information

"SPEAR SERIES" on spear (cover)

"JWS&S BAVARIA" on spear (rules)

ring, clown, Santa Claus, Santa, Black, elephant

printed under box lid

Spear's new game of "HOKO" (Regd.)

A fascinating game for Children's Parties etc.

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9 inches wide — 6½ inches high — 1 inches deep

22.9 cm wide — 16.5 cm high — 2.5 cm deep

Wide pink border with darker pink wavy diagonal lines, then black line frame.

Main illustration has white background.

|"HOKO"| in quotes at upper left in yellow with black outlines. "SPEAR'S" above "NEW GAME." at right in red.

Boy at left (dark blue suit, wide white collar, small yellow bowtie) is holding a ring catching implement depicting a clown with a big nose, with the ring on a string over the nose.

Girl at left center (light blue dress, thin white collar, light blue bow in hair) is holding another implement depicting Santa Claus, with the ring on a string flipping up in the air.

Boy at right (dark blue suit, wide white collar, small blue bowtie) is facing left and holding another implement depicting an elephant with glasses, with the ring on a string flipping up in the air.

At lower left: "D.R.G.M" (Deutsches Reichs Gebrauchs Muster, a patent issued in Germany between 1891 and 1949).

At lower center-right: "Registered."

On pink border in lower left: "Designed in England".

On pink border at bottom center: "SPEAR SERIES" on spear logo, above "Copyright in the United Kingdom etc.".

On pink border at lower right: "MADE BY J. W. S. & S. BAVARIA"

light green, empty

light brown plus edges of light green wraparound paper.

Cards used for players to select which head a player uses: 1, 2, 3, [4], 5, and [6] (green number with plack shadow).

Heads used to flick a ring, attached by string, onto each cardboard head with big nose:

1 - clown
2 - elephant with eyeglasses
3 - black woman with pale green pipe and white and red head covering

5 - white man with gray/black top hat
6 - white woman with green and yellow balls on head, held by green ribbon and bow