Game

Museum number:
1-14532
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3193 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.353
Description:
Cup and ball game. Pointed wooden pin attached to free-sliding fish vertebrae (9) on twisted fiber cord. Red cloth tie at end of cord.
Donor:
American Museum of Natural History
Collection place:
Northeastern California
Culture or time period:
Shasta
Collector:
Roland Burrage Dixon
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 18 centimeters
Loans:
S1979-1980 #51: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (March 25, 1980–May 12, 1980)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Game, accession number 1-14532, described as Cup and ball game. Pointed wooden pin attached to free-sliding fish vertebrae (9) on twisted fiber cord. Red cloth tie at end of cord.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Game, accession number 1-14532, described as Cup and ball game. Pointed wooden pin attached to free-sliding fish vertebrae (9) on twisted fiber cord. Red cloth tie at end of cord.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Game, accession number 1-14532, described as Cup and ball game. Pointed wooden pin attached to free-sliding fish vertebrae (9) on twisted fiber cord. Red cloth tie at end of cord.

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