Game piece; flat bottomed duck or goose perforated near tail, ivory. Width of bottom 2.5 cm.
Donor:
A. D. Schindler
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
A. D. Schindler
Collection date:
1883
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Game pieces (game elements)
Accession date:
1946
Context of use:
Either a toy or from game of "fox and geese" (Tingmiujaq); see Murdoch. pp. 364-65 and Ray, D.J., "Artists of the Tundra and the Sea", figure 28, also Nelson, p. 342.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 2.5 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: Tingmiujaq; cf. Nelson. Reference: Murdoch, pp. 364-65 and Ray, D.J., Artist of the Tundra and the Sea, fig. 28.