Dice

Museum number:
1-10873
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010873
Alternate number:
877 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Set of 8 walnut shell dice, filled with pitch.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Drum Valley, Fresno County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tulare; Drum Valley
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 3 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: dice called "houtc". Remarks: see 1-10783.
Loans:
S1979-1980 #51: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (March 25, 1980–May 12, 1980)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dice, accession number 1-10873, described as Set of 8 walnut shell dice, filled with pitch.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dice, accession number 1-10873, described as Set of 8 walnut shell dice, filled with pitch.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dice, accession number 1-10873, described as Set of 8 walnut shell dice, filled with pitch.

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