Gambling sticks

Museum number:
1-11749a-j
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210111749a@2dj
Accession number:
Acc.286
Description:
Wood, round. Natural color, ends dyed black.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Kepel, Klamath River, Humboldt County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Kepel
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
May 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gambling sticks
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Counters for women's dice game.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 19.5 centimeters and diameter 0.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 10 titled Gambling sticks, accession number 1-11749a-j, described as Wood, round. Natural color, ends dyed black.Hearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Gambling sticks, accession number 1-11749a-j, described as Wood, round. Natural color, ends dyed black.Hearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Gambling sticks, accession number 1-11749a-j, described as Wood, round. Natural color, ends dyed black.Hearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Gambling sticks, accession number 1-11749a-j, described as Wood, round. Natural color, ends dyed black.Hearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Gambling sticks, accession number 1-11749a-j, described as Wood, round. Natural color, ends dyed black.Hearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Gambling sticks, accession number 1-11749a-j, described as Wood, round. Natural color, ends dyed black.Hearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Gambling sticks, accession number 1-11749a-j, described as Wood, round. Natural color, ends dyed black.Hearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Gambling sticks, accession number 1-11749a-j, described as Wood, round. Natural color, ends dyed black.Hearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Gambling sticks, accession number 1-11749a-j, described as Wood, round. Natural color, ends dyed black.Hearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Gambling sticks, accession number 1-11749a-j, described as Wood, round. Natural color, ends dyed black.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gambling sticks, accession number 1-11749a-j, described as Wood, round. Natural color, ends dyed black.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gambling sticks, accession number 1-11749a-j, described as Wood, round. Natural color, ends dyed black.

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