Provenance
See a stolen artwork and name the country it was taken from, in five guesses.
Every day: One stolen artifact a day from Interpol's database, the same for everyone: name the country it was stolen from in five guesses. New puzzle: Midnight in your local time zone (the game requests the daily by your device's date).
Provenance shows you an artwork or artifact from Interpol's database of stolen works and asks which country it was stolen from. You have five guesses; each miss reveals more about the piece and tells you how far your guess is from the answer. A Quick Play mode gives more puzzles after the daily.
About Provenance
Provenance is a daily guessing game made by Avi Bagla, built on Interpol's public database of stolen works of art, which the site says holds more than 57,000 items: paintings, sculptures, religious objects and archaeological finds.
Each day you see one piece, starting with its picture and a few details. You type a country, and if you are wrong the game tells you how far away you are and reveals more information about the object, such as its type, its dimensions and keywords describing what it shows. You have five guesses in all.
The answer is the country the piece was reported stolen from, which is not always where it was made, and the game points this out in its rules. Results can be shared as a grid, and stats track games played, wins and your streak. Quick Play lets you keep going with more pieces after the daily.
The site also links to Interpol's ID-Art app, so players who recognise a piece can report it. It suits players of Worldle and Globle who want an object instead of a map outline, and fans of museum games like Anthropeum.
How to play Provenance
- Open provenance.avibagla.com and choose Daily.
- Look at the artwork and the details shown.
- Type the country you think it was stolen from and submit.
- Use the distance and the newly revealed details to guess again.
- Find the country within five guesses, then share your result.
Tips
- Religious objects and icons narrow the region quickly: Orthodox icons, Catholic saints and Buddhist figures point to different parts of the world.
- The answer is where it was stolen, not where it was made, so a European painting can belong to a country in South America.
- Use the distance after each miss like Worldle: guess between your misses to close in.
Questions
How many guesses do I get?
Five.
Where do the artworks come from?
From Interpol's database of stolen works of art. The site says it has no association with Interpol.
Is the answer where the piece was made?
No, it is the country it was reported stolen from, which can differ from its origin.
Can I play more than once a day?
Yes, Quick Play gives more puzzles outside the daily.
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