Game

Museum number:
2-5682a-j
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21025682a@2dj
Alternate number:
3757 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.13 and Acc.39
Description:
Set of 10 wooden discs; 7 perimeters half black (a-g); 1 perimeter all blackened (h); 2 perimeters plain (i, j). Counters (12 sticks) missing.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Puget Sound, Western Washington
Verbatim coll. place:
; Puget Sound
Culture or time period:
Twana
Collector:
Myron Eells and Philip Mills Jones
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
August 1901 and March 15, 1902
Context of use:
Guessing game.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 5 centimeters
Comment:
Cf. 2-19448 a-v. See Culin, "Games of the North American Indians," pp. 263-265. Photo: 15-25123.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Game, accession number 2-5682a-j, described as Set of 10 wooden discs; 7 perimeters half black (a-g); 1 perimeter all blackened (h); 2 perimeters plain (i, j). Counters (12 sticks) missing.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Game, accession number 2-5682a-j, described as Set of 10 wooden discs; 7 perimeters half black (a-g); 1 perimeter all blackened (h); 2 perimeters plain (i, j). Counters (12 sticks) missing.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Game, accession number 2-5682a-j, described as Set of 10 wooden discs; 7 perimeters half black (a-g); 1 perimeter all blackened (h); 2 perimeters plain (i, j). Counters (12 sticks) missing.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Game, accession number 2-5682a-j, described as Set of 10 wooden discs; 7 perimeters half black (a-g); 1 perimeter all blackened (h); 2 perimeters plain (i, j). Counters (12 sticks) missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Game, accession number 2-5682a-j, described as Set of 10 wooden discs; 7 perimeters half black (a-g); 1 perimeter all blackened (h); 2 perimeters plain (i, j). Counters (12 sticks) missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Game, accession number 2-5682a-j, described as Set of 10 wooden discs; 7 perimeters half black (a-g); 1 perimeter all blackened (h); 2 perimeters plain (i, j). Counters (12 sticks) missing.

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