Gambling staves

Museum number:
1-29034a-h
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210129034a@2dh
Accession number:
Acc.500CG
Description:
Staves made of cane. Native name, wokokubtatsungin. Counted with 24 pegs stuck in ground; 2 moving sticks to indicate score.
Donor:
Mrs. Willard Z. Park and Willard Z. Park
Collection place:
Nevada
Verbatim coll. place:
Nevada
Culture or time period:
Pyramid Lake Paiute
Collector:
Mrs. Willard Z. Park and Willard Z. Park
Collection date:
1934
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gambling staves
Accession date:
September 1934
Context of use:
Gambling staves.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "wokokubtatsungin". Remarks: Counted with 24 pegs stuck in ground; 2 moving sticks to indicate score.
Loans:
S1970-1971 #85: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Lewis K. Napton (February 17, 1971–November 11, 1971)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gambling staves, accession number 1-29034a-h, described as Staves made of cane. Native name, wokokubtatsungin. Counted with 24 pegs stuck in ground; 2 moving sticks to indicate score.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gambling staves, accession number 1-29034a-h, described as Staves made of cane. Native name, wokokubtatsungin. Counted with 24 pegs stuck in ground; 2 moving sticks to indicate score.

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