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Start Over Object class Card, table and board game elements Media available image Function 5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories

1. Chess piece

Museum number:
11-43948
Culture or time period:
Rapa Nui
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Chess pieces
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Collection place:
Easter Island (Chile), Polynesia

2. Chess piece

Museum number:
11-43949
Culture or time period:
Rapa Nui
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Chess pieces
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Collection place:
Easter Island (Chile), Polynesia

3. Chess pieces

Museum number:
2-1497a-x
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Object class:
Carvings (visual works), Chess pieces, and Rooks (chess pieces)
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Dimensions:
2.3 centimeters, 3.7 centimeters, and 2 centimeters
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection place:
Unalaska, Unalaska Island, Fox Islands
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus

4. Chess pieces

Museum number:
9-92
Object class:
Bishops (chess pieces), Carvings (visual works), Kings (chess pieces), Knights (chess pieces), Pawns (chess pieces), Queens (chess pieces), and Rooks (chess pieces)
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Collection place:
Japan
Collection date:
unknown

5. Chess set

Museum number:
5-14256a-ff
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Bishops (chess pieces), Chessboards, Kings (chess pieces), Knights (chess pieces), Pawns (chess pieces), Queens (chess pieces), and Rooks (chess pieces)
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Dimensions:
smallest— height 4.8 centimeters and tallest— height 8 centimeters
Collector:
Helen McLaren
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

6. Gambling bone

Museum number:
1-71788
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Object class:
Gambling bones
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Dimensions:
length 3 inches
Collector:
unknown
Collection place:
Sierra foothills, Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, California
Collection date:
1900-1944

7. Gambling bone

Museum number:
1-71787
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Object class:
Gambling bones
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Dimensions:
length 3 inches
Collector:
unknown
Collection place:
Sierra foothills, Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, California
Collection date:
1900-1944

8. Gambling bone

Museum number:
1-71786
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Object class:
Gambling bones
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Dimensions:
length 3 inches
Collector:
unknown
Collection place:
Sierra foothills, Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, California
Collection date:
1900-1944

9. Gambling bone

Museum number:
1-71789
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Object class:
Gambling bones
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Dimensions:
length 3 inches
Collector:
unknown
Collection place:
Sierra foothills, Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, California
Collection date:
1900-1944

10. Gambling bone

Museum number:
1-9986
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Object class:
Gambling bones
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Rich Gulch, Calaveras County, California
Collection date:
1906
Taxon:
Odocoileus

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