Game

Museum number:
2-5689a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21025689a@2dd
Alternate number:
3764 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.13 and Acc.39
Description:
Dice game of beaver teeth plugged with red wool. a,b) Incised with Xs; c,d) incised with circles enclosing dots.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Puget Sound, Western Washington
Verbatim coll. place:
; Puget Sound
Culture or time period:
Twana
Collector:
Myron Eells and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
1902
Taxon:
Castor canadensis
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
August 1901 and March 15, 1902
Context of use:
Dice game.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
d)— length 7.5 centimeters, b)— length 9.5 centimeters, c)— length 6.3 centimeters, and a)— length 8.5 centimeters
Comment:
See Culin, "Games of the North American Indians," pp. 155-156, 196-199. Photo: 15-25122.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Game, accession number 2-5689a-d, described as Dice game of beaver teeth plugged with red wool. a,b) Incised with Xs; c,d) incised with circles enclosing dots.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Game, accession number 2-5689a-d, described as Dice game of beaver teeth plugged with red wool. a,b) Incised with Xs; c,d) incised with circles enclosing dots.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Game, accession number 2-5689a-d, described as Dice game of beaver teeth plugged with red wool. a,b) Incised with Xs; c,d) incised with circles enclosing dots.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Game, accession number 2-5689a-d, described as Dice game of beaver teeth plugged with red wool. a,b) Incised with Xs; c,d) incised with circles enclosing dots.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Game, accession number 2-5689a-d, described as Dice game of beaver teeth plugged with red wool. a,b) Incised with Xs; c,d) incised with circles enclosing dots.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Game, accession number 2-5689a-d, described as Dice game of beaver teeth plugged with red wool. a,b) Incised with Xs; c,d) incised with circles enclosing dots.

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