Dice

Museum number:
1-10035
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010035
Alternate number:
144 (original number)
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:
Set of four acorn dice.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Rich Gulch, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Rich Gulch
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:
This was the only form of dice originally used with a flat basket tray.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-4807. Published: Milwaukee Pub. Museum Bull. v. 2, pls. 70.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Dice, accession number 1-10035, described as Set of four acorn dice.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Dice, accession number 1-10035, described as Set of four acorn dice.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dice, accession number 1-10035, described as Set of four acorn dice.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dice, accession number 1-10035, described as Set of four acorn dice.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dice, accession number 1-10035, described as Set of four acorn dice.

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