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Set of bones for 'lehal' or guessing game. Made of the cores of young sheep's horn.
Set of bones for 'lehal' or guessing game. Made of the cores of young sheep's horn.
Object Number 15-36-10/86453
Display Title Set of bones for 'lehal' or guessing game. Made of the cores of young sheep's horn.
Descriptions
Object Description Set of bones for 'lehal' or guessing game. Made of the cores of young sheep's horn.
Inventory Description Ornament, worked bone, smooth, curved, flat on one side, one wrapped in sinew.
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Bone, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 7.4 x 2 x 1.1 cm (2 15/16 x 13/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 86453
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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