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Object Number 09-8-10/74890
Display Title Wooden ball (gambling game)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ball, wood and bark, cracked, worn
Classification
  • Game
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Monache
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Madera County
Additional Geographic Terms North Fork, 20 mile radius of
Materials Wood, Bark
Dimensions Overall: 4.5 x 4.6 cm (1 3/4 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 74890
Provenance
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1909 - 1909)
Dealer Grace A. Nicholson (1909 - 1909)
Seller Billy Bennet (1909)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1909 - 1909)

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