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Gambling bones
Object Number 11-60-10/83983
Display Title Gambling bones
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornaments, carved bone, tubular, grooved bands, 1 with sinew strip around center
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wasco
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Oregon
Materials Bone, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 7.1 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm (2 13/16 x 15/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 11-60-10/83983
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1911)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1911 - 1911)

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