Game

Museum number:
2-56532a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210256532a@2cb
Alternate number:
19 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2862
Description:
Game; ball and cup game. (a) Base; caribou antler and bone with marten tail. Length 24 cm. including tail. (b) Pin of bird bone and sinew cordage. Length 7 cm. Used by anyone but more a man’s game; each cup has points; 10-100 points depending on distance to tail.
Donor:
Lucy W. Turner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Great Whale River, Quebec, Canada
Culture or time period:
Cree
Collector:
Lucy W. Turner
Collection date:
May 1972
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
February 20, 1974
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
This object record was created because location data had been entered into the PHOEBE database without a corresponding object record. (J. Meehan 6/2003)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Game, accession number 2-56532a,b, described as Game; ball and cup game. (a) Base; caribou antler and bone with marten tail. Length 24 cm. including tail. (b) Pin of bird bone and sinew cordage. Length 7 cm. Used by anyone but more a man’s game; each cup has points; 10-100 points depending on distance to tail.

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