Throwing sticks

Museum number:
2-5268a-h
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21025268a@2dh
Alternate number:
81 A-H (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.131 and Acc.52
Description:
8 throwing sticks of willow saplings. Ornamented with burnt-on goemetric designs. Game.
Donor:
David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Central Plains, Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Central Plains
Culture or time period:
Umoⁿhoⁿ
Collector:
Francis La Flesche
Collection date:
1901-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1904 and September 8, 1902
Context of use:
Game. Played by boys and girls on ground in summer, ice in winter. Formerly played with animal rib bones. Used by other Siouan tribes.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 115 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "wahigathnugithe" - bone slide. Exhibited: UCLMA, "Plains Indians", 1971. References: P. 364, "The Omaha Tribe", AE, vol. 27, Fletcher & LaFlesche. Game. Played by boys and girls on ground in summer, ice in winter. Formerly played with animal rib bones. Used by other Siouan tribes.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Throwing sticks, accession number 2-5268a-h, described as 8 throwing sticks of willow saplings. Ornamented with burnt-on goemetric designs. Game.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Throwing sticks, accession number 2-5268a-h, described as 8 throwing sticks of willow saplings. Ornamented with burnt-on goemetric designs. Game.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Throwing sticks, accession number 2-5268a-h, described as 8 throwing sticks of willow saplings. Ornamented with burnt-on goemetric designs. Game.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Throwing sticks, accession number 2-5268a-h, described as 8 throwing sticks of willow saplings. Ornamented with burnt-on goemetric designs. Game.

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