Object class: Exchange media (objects) / Culture or time period: Klamath River Tribes / Accession year: [Missing] - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Game sticks, accession number 1-258623, described as Smooth, natural colored wooden gamesticks with tapered ends; wood is light weight and polished; four have black band of mineral paint in center. Length ca. 19 cm. Used in a guessing game between two representatives of two groups. Players take turns in hiding bundle behind back, mixing them up and splitting them between their two hands, the other player must guess which hand holds the stick with the black band. Bets have become a common occurrence in this game.

Hearst Museum object titled Shell money, accession number 1-4426, described as Dentalium shells, one string of 14 (one missing); on fiber cordage with twig at one end of cord and red and white thread at other; shell covered with snake skin at wide end