Gambling bone

Museum number:
1-9918a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21019918a@2cb
Alternate number:
22 a, b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Pair of bones. a) Unwrapped. b) Wrapped with twine and pitch. 1/2 of a full set.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Jackson, Amador County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Amador; Jackson
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gambling bones
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
For hand game.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-4803, 8273. Published: Milwaukee Pub. Museum Bull. v. 2, pls. 57, 71.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966), S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965), and S1979-1980 #9: DeAnza College (August 31, 1979–December 17, 1979)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gambling bone, accession number 1-9918a,b, described as Pair of bones. a) Unwrapped. b) Wrapped with twine and pitch. 1/2 of a full set.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gambling bone, accession number 1-9918a,b, described as Pair of bones. a) Unwrapped. b) Wrapped with twine and pitch. 1/2 of a full set.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gambling bone, accession number 1-9918a,b, described as Pair of bones. a) Unwrapped. b) Wrapped with twine and pitch. 1/2 of a full set.

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