Pole
- Museum number:
- 1-4342a
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm2101004342a
- Alternate number:
- 1589 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.135, Acc.136, Acc.137, and Acc.138
- Description:
- 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.
- Legacy documentation:
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