Game

Museum number:
1-1755
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
339 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.40 and Acc.86
Description:
Twenty circular squash stems graduating in sizes; with hollow centers attached to a piece of string which is knotted at one end and bound around a stick with a pointed tip.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1903 and April 28, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
stick— length 12.6 centimeters, squash stems— diameter 2.5 centimeters, and string— length 62 centimeters
Loans:
S1969-1970 #131: Dominican College of San Rafael/Sister M. Joanne (June 1, 1970–July 30, 1970) and S2004-2005 #1: Grace Hudson Museum (July 30, 2004–December 1, 2004)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Game, accession number 1-1755, described as Twenty circular squash stems graduating in sizes; with hollow centers attached to a piece of string which is knotted at one end and bound around a stick with a pointed tip.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Game, accession number 1-1755, described as Twenty circular squash stems graduating in sizes; with hollow centers attached to a piece of string which is knotted at one end and bound around a stick with a pointed tip.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Game, accession number 1-1755, described as Twenty circular squash stems graduating in sizes; with hollow centers attached to a piece of string which is knotted at one end and bound around a stick with a pointed tip.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Game, accession number 1-1755, described as Twenty circular squash stems graduating in sizes; with hollow centers attached to a piece of string which is knotted at one end and bound around a stick with a pointed tip.

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