Pointer

Museum number:
2-15209
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020015209
Accession number:
Acc.700
Description:
Pointer used in mocassin game.
Donor:
Willard W. Hill
Collection place:
Sawmill, Apache County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Apache; Sawmill
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Willard W. Hill
Collection date:
1935
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1936
Context of use:
Used in moccasin game.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Published: 1971 Navaho Material Culture, Clyde Kluckhohn, W.W. Hill and Lucy Kluckhohn. pp. 388-395 with photo on p. 390 #252.a. Anthro E99 N3 K585.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pointer, accession number 2-15209, described as Pointer used in mocassin game.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pointer, accession number 2-15209, described as Pointer used in mocassin game.

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