African Orchestra - Playing Cards

This is a 54 card deck of hand illustrated playing cards, featuring ink and watercolour illustrations of African animals playing different classical instruments. Each suit represents a different type of African animal and simultaneously a different section of the orchestra.

Spades is the strings section played by birds and reptiles; Diamonds is the brass section played by big leathery animals; Clubs is the rhythm section played by the big cats; and Hearts is the woodwind section played by the quadrupedal African animals. The red joker is a jazz band (guest starring a frilled neck lizard!) and the black joker is a heavy metal band! The back design is an intricate African design featuring some of Africa's native flora.

The cards themselves are professionally manufactured on 310gsm premium French linen, and come shrink-wrapped inside a durable, clear plastic box, with a sleeve that explains about the theme of the pack.

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