Game sticks

Museum number:
1-534a-oa
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101534a@2doa
Alternate number:
2534 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.13
Description:
Game-sticks; wooden; charred at both ends. Approximate length 11.5 cm.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Wailaki
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
July 16, 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Charred
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
August 1901
Context of use:
Games.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 11.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Game sticks, accession number 1-534a-oa, described as Game-sticks; wooden; charred at both ends. Approximate length 11.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Game sticks, accession number 1-534a-oa, described as Game-sticks; wooden; charred at both ends. Approximate length 11.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Game sticks, accession number 1-534a-oa, described as Game-sticks; wooden; charred at both ends. Approximate length 11.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Game sticks, accession number 1-534a-oa, described as Game-sticks; wooden; charred at both ends. Approximate length 11.5 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Game sticks, accession number 1-534a-oa, described as Game-sticks; wooden; charred at both ends. Approximate length 11.5 cm.

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