Teuila cards are a pack of fortune-telling cards, likely brought from Samoa by Isobel Strong, stepdaughter of Robert Louis Stevenson.[1] In her biography she recalls telling fortunes at garden parties using calling cards which she had painted symbols onto ("a horseshoe for luck, a bee to signify work, a heart for love, etc").[2] Her designs were later sold as a commercial deck of cards in the United States.[2]
Both backs and fronts are coloured pictures, the back depicting a woman using the cards.
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edit- ^ Occult Review. Vol. 25. W. Rider and Son, Limited. 1917. p. 119.
- ^ a b Field, Isobel (2005). This Life I've Loved. Great West Books. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-944220-18-4.
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