Dice

Museum number:
2-1269a-f
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Set of ivory dice. Rectangular carved walrus ivory, each one has an X. Caribou, rabbit, seal, walrus, and standing Eskimo engraved and darkened on the sides.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Might be made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 2.7 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965) and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dice, accession number 2-1269a-f, described as Set of ivory dice. Rectangular carved walrus ivory, each one has an X. Caribou, rabbit, seal, walrus, and standing Eskimo engraved and darkened on the sides.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dice, accession number 2-1269a-f, described as Set of ivory dice. Rectangular carved walrus ivory, each one has an X. Caribou, rabbit, seal, walrus, and standing Eskimo engraved and darkened on the sides.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dice, accession number 2-1269a-f, described as Set of ivory dice. Rectangular carved walrus ivory, each one has an X. Caribou, rabbit, seal, walrus, and standing Eskimo engraved and darkened on the sides.

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