Inky Dinky Bag of Bones Transformation Deck

 Transformation Decks are a creative artform that transforms playing card suit signs into pictures. They  originated in the early 1800s in Germany.  Want to know more about them?  So did I so I bought myself a copy of Transformation Playing Cards by Albert Field, Published by US Game Systems in 1987.

Note I have two other articles about my transformation decks:

• Three more recently acquired decks: Vanity Fair Transformation Deck of 1895, Fronmann and Bunte or Jeanne Hachette 1870 Transformation Deck, and  Circus Transformation Deck by F. Robert Schick, 1988
• Eight decks: The Royal Mischief deck, Aesops Fables by Elaine Lewis, 2000PIPS and Wild! by Peter Wood,  A Motley Pack, Comic Eclipse Deck  is the first American-designed transformation deck, Een Hollands Transformatiespe, and  Ackermann Bartlett 1818 Transformation Playing Cards USPCC.

This article describes the Inky Dinky Bag of Bones transformation deck.  First the front and back of the box.

Here's the ace, two, and three of diamonds. Now by the strictest definition of transformation decks, this deck would not qualify since while the pips are integrated into a picture, they don't stay in their original places

My other article on transformation decks:

 Intro to my Transformation Decks

Three transformation decks: Vanity Fair Transformation Deck of 1895, Fronmann and Bunte or Jeanne Hachette 1870 Transformation Deck, and  Circus Transformation Deck by F. Robert Schick, 1988

Inky Dinky Bag of Bones Transformation Deck - This article
My Repro Jeanne D'Arc transformation deck 

Or, to  keep reading learning about cards, particularly jokers. Here's some articles to read next:

• Resources for card and joker collecting that I find useful. Facebook groups, museums, websites, books, publishers, and other collectors. But above all, the Hochman Encyclopedia and the World of Playing Cards website.
• The USPC Company Joker Poster and my ambition (obsession?)  of getting all 72 of them.
  
• Joker Displays that I've framed and put on the wall.
• My inquiry into the emergence of the joker  in the 1860 and 70s in the USA. Also, my Old American Jokers Organized by Publisher. Eg Perfection,  Dougherty , ARRCO, or Standard. 
•  I'm particularly focused on the Matching Jokers by Congress, published 1898-1904. 
• The Mechanics of my Joker Collecting
• Other joker collectors that I've met f2f: Dan Nordquist ; Joop, Fred, Ronald, and Jelle, and a bit about me. And an article about attending the 2023 52PlusJoker Conference in Cleveland and the 2024 in Niagara Falls.
• Portrayals of African Americans on Playing Cards and Rory