Grass game bones

Museum number:
1-2778a-h
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21012778a@2dh
Alternate number:
751 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.89
Description:
Grass game pieces, bone, decorated ((l), (d), and (f) undecorated) with transverse incisions; polished from handling. Maximum length 9.0 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Upper Lake, Lake County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Lake; Upper Lake
Culture or time period:
Eastern Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1961-1962 #24: Samuel A. Barrett (November 9, 1961–September 11, 1962), S1961-1962 #80: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (May 21, 1962–June 27, 1962), S1963-1964 #85: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (May 6, 1964–May 25, 1964), and S1983-1984 #21: Coyote Point Museum (October 11, 1983–February 15, 1984)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Grass game bones, accession number 1-2778a-h, described as Grass game pieces, bone, decorated ((l), (d), and (f) undecorated) with transverse incisions; polished from handling. Maximum length 9.0 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Grass game bones, accession number 1-2778a-h, described as Grass game pieces, bone, decorated ((l), (d), and (f) undecorated) with transverse incisions; polished from handling. Maximum length 9.0 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Grass game bones, accession number 1-2778a-h, described as Grass game pieces, bone, decorated ((l), (d), and (f) undecorated) with transverse incisions; polished from handling. Maximum length 9.0 cm.

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