16mm motion picture film

Museum number:
26-340
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21260000340
Alternate number:
Reel 459b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1994
Description:
Grass game; hand game using bones and sticks as counters; U.S. currency for gambling; split stick rattle accompaniment. Compare with 26-337, 26-339.
Donor:
American Indian Film Project and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Susanville, Lassen County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
N. America: U.S.; CA
Production place:
Susanville, Lassen County, California
Culture or time period:
Maidu and Paiute
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1960-1965
Place depicted:
Susanville, Lassen County, California
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
16mm (photographic film size), Motion pictures (moving images), and Motion pictures (visual works)
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
length 1000 feet
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Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled 16mm motion picture film, accession number 26-340, described as Grass game; hand game using bones and sticks as counters; U.S. currency for gambling; split stick rattle accompaniment. Compare with 26-337, 26-339. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

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