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Object Number 21-14-10/87692
Display Title Cup & pin game; also described as bone & pin game. 14.5x7x3 cm.
Descriptions
Object Description Cup & pin game; also described as bone & pin game. 14.5x7x3 cm.
Inventory Description Bone with perforations and animal tooth? pin on sinew? string
Classification
  • Game
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Nunavut
Additional Geographic Terms N. Canada, Coronation Gulf, McKenzie River Region, between Coppermine River and King William's Land
Dimensions Overall: 14.5 × 4.9 × 2.9 cm (5 11/16 × 1 15/16 × 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87692
Provenance
Collector Alfred H. Anderson (1920-1921)
Seller Unknown (1921)

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