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Antler discs for dice game
Antler discs for dice game
Object Number 94-38-10/87063
Display Title Antler discs for dice game
Descriptions
Inventory Description Discs, bone, incised cruciform design on one side, one perforated
Classification
  • Game
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Montagnais
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Additional Geographic Terms Northeastern Canada
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 0.2 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm (1/16 x 3/4 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 6
Label on object 87063
Provenance
Intermediary Archibald R. Tisdale (1892)
Collector Pere Charles Arnaud (1892)

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