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Throwing sticks and ring game
Object Number 85-8-10/37776
Display Title Throwing sticks and ring game
Descriptions
Object Description Throwing sticks and ring game
Inventory Description Poles, wooden shaft, reverse trident, hide wrapped w/red, wht, bl tabs, end notc
Classification
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Omaha
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Wood, Hide, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 129.5 x 15 x 1.5 cm (51 x 5 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 37776
Provenance
Collector Alice C. Fletcher (1884 - July, 1885)
Donor Alice C. Fletcher (1884 - July, 1885)

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