Bone & Bam
A spread of Bone & Bam heirloom mahjong tiles on travertine and linen

Slow down. Shuffle the tiles. Begin.

Where ancient craft
meets modern elegance.

Three layered acrylic tiles, CNC-engraved, painted by hand. Five colorways intentionally chosen to reflect and honor the game's roots.

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Rooted in Tradition·Heirloom Quality·Hand painted·Conceived, crafted, and owned by women·Rooted in Tradition·Heirloom Quality·Hand painted·Conceived, crafted, and owned by women·

History & tradition

A game older than the table it's played on.

Mahjong is a living tradition — carried across centuries, oceans, and kitchen tables. These are a few of the moments along the way.

  1. 19th c.

    Qing China.

    Mahjong emerges in the Yangtze delta, played in tea houses and family courtyards.

  2. 1920s

    Crossing oceans.

    The game travels with merchants and immigrants; rule variants take root across Asia and the Americas.

  3. Mid-century

    The American table.

    A new generation makes mahjong a fixture of weekly gatherings and intergenerational ritual.

  4. Today

    At your table.

    Played in homes, studios, and back rooms — a quiet ritual still passed hand to hand.

Antique ivory.

01 — Face

Antique ivory.

The top layer is a warm ivory — honoring the cow bone used to create the face of tiles — engraved and hand-painted. No shortcuts.

Antique Ivory

Recycled PMMA

The Collection

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First to the table.
First in tradition.

The founding set. For the founding few.

  • ·Founding-backer pricing — the only time these sets go below retail.
  • ·Numbered first-edition set with the founding-backer card tucked inside.
  • ·First to know when the Kickstarter goes live — beat the public launch.

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A quiet game of Bone & Bam mahjong in afternoon light

The Origin

From our vision to your table.

The ritual begins here.

We started Bone & Bam because every mahjong set on the market were either fashion-designer brands and unaccessible, or acrylic and melamine sets with designs and colors that just weren't right — there was nothing in between. So we made the set that should have existed: recycled acrylic, five colorways, finished by hand in Colorado.

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