Counting ticks

Museum number:
1-10365
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010365
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Eight counting sticks.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Avery, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Avery
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
For use by women in playing "hand" game.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Piece count on card says "1", description says "8". Photo: 15-5976. Published: Milwaukee Publ. Museum Bull. v. 2, pl. 55, 58.
Loans:
S2008-2009 #1: Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwok Indians (September 4, 2008–December 1, 2011)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Counting ticks, accession number 1-10365, described as Eight counting sticks.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Counting ticks, accession number 1-10365, described as Eight counting sticks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Counting ticks, accession number 1-10365, described as Eight counting sticks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Counting ticks, accession number 1-10365, described as Eight counting sticks.

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