Peon game

Museum number:
1-9204
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Alternate number:
22 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.190
Description:
Peon game set. 4 rib bones lashed together with fiber (length of bone pieces: 7.3 cm); 4 wooden pegs with oval cross-section, lashed together with fiber twine (length of each wooden piece: 7.5 cm); 15 wooden peeled twigs (stick counters), dyed red (length: ca. 28.5 cm).
Donor:
Philip Stedman Sparkman
Collection place:
Valley Center (CDP), San Diego County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Diego; near Valley Center
Culture or time period:
Luiseño
Collector:
Philip Stedman Sparkman
Collection date:
1904
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Card redone 11/16" (1992?) written in pencil.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Peon game, accession number 1-9204, described as Peon game set. 4 rib bones lashed together with fiber (length of bone pieces: 7.3 cm); 4 wooden pegs with oval cross-section, lashed together with fiber twine (length of each wooden piece: 7.5 cm); 15 wooden peeled twigs (stick counters), dyed red (length: ca. 28.5 cm).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Peon game, accession number 1-9204, described as Peon game set. 4 rib bones lashed together with fiber (length of bone pieces: 7.3 cm); 4 wooden pegs with oval cross-section, lashed together with fiber twine (length of each wooden piece: 7.5 cm); 15 wooden peeled twigs (stick counters), dyed red (length: ca. 28.5 cm).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Peon game, accession number 1-9204, described as Peon game set. 4 rib bones lashed together with fiber (length of bone pieces: 7.3 cm); 4 wooden pegs with oval cross-section, lashed together with fiber twine (length of each wooden piece: 7.5 cm); 15 wooden peeled twigs (stick counters), dyed red (length: ca. 28.5 cm).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Peon game, accession number 1-9204, described as Peon game set. 4 rib bones lashed together with fiber (length of bone pieces: 7.3 cm); 4 wooden pegs with oval cross-section, lashed together with fiber twine (length of each wooden piece: 7.5 cm); 15 wooden peeled twigs (stick counters), dyed red (length: ca. 28.5 cm).

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