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Object Number
14-22-10/85640
Display Title
Pack of 39 of 40 monte cards. Painted leather. Made for Geronimo in the 1800s.
Descriptions
Object Description
Pack of 40 monte cards. Painted leather. Made for Geronimo in the 1800s.
Inventory Description
Playing cards, rawhide, multicolored pigmented design
Classification
- Playing cards
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1880-1889
Artist
Women of Geronimo's band
Culture
- Chiricahua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Rawhide, Pigment, Deer hide
Dimensions
Overall: 9.1 x 5.8 x 0.1 cm (3 9/16 x 2 5/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
39
Label on object
14-22-10/85640 & 14-22-10/8564-0 Rawhide Playing Cards
Provenance
Owner
Geronimo
Collector
Unknown
(1886)
Intermediary
S. S. Campbell
(1914)
Donor
Wilbur Ijams
(1914?)
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