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Ring of rushes used for rolling along the ground in a common dart game.
Ring of rushes used for rolling along the ground in a common dart game.
Object Number 15-36-10/86417
Display Title Ring of rushes used for rolling along the ground in a common dart game.
Descriptions
Object Description Ring of rushes used for rolling along the ground in a common dart game.
Inventory Description Game, bark ring wrapped in more bark fiber, rounded, natural.
Classification
  • Game
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Bark
Dimensions Overall: 19 x 18 x 3.8 cm (7 1/2 x 7 1/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86417
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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