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Pin and ball game.
Object Number 15-36-10/86416
Display Title Pin and ball game.
Descriptions
Object Description Pin and ball game.
Inventory Description Game, bark bundle attached to twisted fiber cord attached to carved wooden needle.
Classification
  • Game
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Bark, Fiber cord, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 13.4 x 6.6 x 6.6 cm (5 1/4 x 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86416
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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