Game piece

Museum number:
2-6201
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2394 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carved ivory head and upper part of water bird, flat bottomed.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Game pieces (game elements)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Either a toy or from game of "fox and geese" (Tingmiujaq). See Murdoch, pp. 364-65, and Bay, D. J., "Artists of the Tundra and the Sea" figure 28. Also Nelson, p. 342.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 2.5 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann 568. Remarks: Tingmiujaq. See Murdoch, pp. 364-65 and Ray, D.J., Artist of the Tundra and the Sea, fig. 28. cf. Nelson, p. 342.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Game piece, accession number 2-6201, described as Carved ivory head and upper part of water bird, flat bottomed.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Game piece, accession number 2-6201, described as Carved ivory head and upper part of water bird, flat bottomed.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Game piece, accession number 2-6201, described as Carved ivory head and upper part of water bird, flat bottomed.

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