Dice

Museum number:
1-10783
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010783
Alternate number:
774 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Nut-shell dice made of black walnut shells filled with pitch.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Teshechu
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Fresno; Ticetcu
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
Context of use:
A set always comprised 8 of these dice. The game is played by women upon a basket such as 10777, 14 counting sticks being used. The score is as follows, the flat side being counted up, all up or all down counts 4 sticks; 2 up or 5 counts 1 stick.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "ho' wotc".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dice, accession number 1-10783, described as Nut-shell dice made of black walnut shells filled with pitch.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dice, accession number 1-10783, described as Nut-shell dice made of black walnut shells filled with pitch.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dice, accession number 1-10783, described as Nut-shell dice made of black walnut shells filled with pitch.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dice, accession number 1-10783, described as Nut-shell dice made of black walnut shells filled with pitch.

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