Gaming sticks

Museum number:
2-15554a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Ornamented with painted rings. 66 counters, one inlaid with abalone rectangle. a) Brown buckskin pouch with bone toggle.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Masset, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Queen Charlotte Islands; Masset
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
Willie J. Clark Dodd
Collection date:
1887-1890
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gambling sticks
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
a)— length 12 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gaming sticks, accession number 2-15554a,b, described as Ornamented with painted rings. 66 counters, one inlaid with abalone rectangle. a) Brown buckskin pouch with bone toggle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gaming sticks, accession number 2-15554a,b, described as Ornamented with painted rings. 66 counters, one inlaid with abalone rectangle. a) Brown buckskin pouch with bone toggle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gaming sticks, accession number 2-15554a,b, described as Ornamented with painted rings. 66 counters, one inlaid with abalone rectangle. a) Brown buckskin pouch with bone toggle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gaming sticks, accession number 2-15554a,b, described as Ornamented with painted rings. 66 counters, one inlaid with abalone rectangle. a) Brown buckskin pouch with bone toggle.

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