Ring and pin game

Museum number:
1-4217
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010004217
Alternate number:
1495 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.124
Description:
Ring and pin game; 11 rings, a stick, and string. Rings are caps of acorns (Quercus Chrysolepis). Commercial cotton string.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Pauma, San Diego County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Diego; Pauma
Culture or time period:
Luiseño
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
March 7, 1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rings (finger jewelry)
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
2 centimeters, 33.7 inches, 3.5 inches, and 22.3 centimeters
Loans:
S1980-1981 #68: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Indian Programs (May 8, 1981–May 8, 1981) and S1981-1982 #67: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Indian Programs (June 9, 1982–June 9, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ring and pin game, accession number 1-4217, described as Ring and pin game; 11 rings, a stick, and string. Rings are caps of acorns (Quercus Chrysolepis). Commercial cotton string.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ring and pin game, accession number 1-4217, described as Ring and pin game; 11 rings, a stick, and string. Rings are caps of acorns (Quercus Chrysolepis). Commercial cotton string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ring and pin game, accession number 1-4217, described as Ring and pin game; 11 rings, a stick, and string. Rings are caps of acorns (Quercus Chrysolepis). Commercial cotton string.

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