Skin

Museum number:
2-5577
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3743 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.13 and Acc.88
Description:
Partly furred on back; painted patterns in blue and red on front.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Blackfoot Reservation, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Blackfoot Reservation
Culture or time period:
Blackfoot of Canada
Collector:
J. Disbury and Philip Mills Jones
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1903 and August 1901
Context of use:
Skin used for women to play dice games on.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 95 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skin, accession number 2-5577, described as Partly furred on back; painted patterns in blue and red on front.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skin, accession number 2-5577, described as Partly furred on back; painted patterns in blue and red on front.

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