Dice model made of willow wood, painted. Design on (a) was called "man," on (b) "woman," and (c) and (d) a bird called dombilyu waka. Each stave has a rounded, unpainted side, and a flattened, painted side. The design on (a) (black paint) was called "MAN" or "rainbow"; design (b) (red paint) - called "woman" or "cayote heth"; (c) and (d) bear the same design - 3 stripes; (c), 2 black, 1 dark beige; on (d), 2 beige, 1 black.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Needles, San Bernardino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Bernardino; Needles
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
February 1908
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
Model of set of women's dice.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 16.3 centimeters
Comment:
No. Pieces: "1"; description indicates plural. "The naming of the design is apparently confused, as other accounts obtained, as in the cane myth, mention the rain-bow, which would be (a), coyote teeth which would be (b), and the woman and dombilyu waka.
Loans:
S1969-1970 #131: Dominican College of San Rafael/Sister M. Joanne (June 1, 1970–July 30, 1970) and S1980-1981 #68: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Indian Programs (May 8, 1981–May 8, 1981)