Gambling game; hoop and pole game. (a,b) 2 willow poles; (c) ring. Hoop is bound with cotton material strips and string.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1904
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
References: Lorraine Sherer, The Clan System of Ft. Mohave Indians, The Historical Society of So. Ca., 1965, photo p. 31. Sketch by Mollhausen of The Whipple Expedition, 1853-54, reproduced from Diary of a Journey, London, 1858, p. 262.