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Set of bones for "lehal" or guessing game. The main bone is wrapped with sinew.
Set of bones for "lehal" or guessing game. The main bone is wrapped with sinew.
Object Number 15-36-10/86413
Display Title Set of bones for "lehal" or guessing game. The main bone is wrapped with sinew.
Descriptions
Object Description Set of bones for "lehal" or guessing game. The main bone is wrapped with sinew.
Inventory Description Game, worked bones, hollow, one wrapped at center with sinew
Classification
  • Game
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Bone, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 6.8 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm (2 11/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 86413
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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