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Object Number 28-27-10/98364
Display Title Game
Descriptions
Indigenous Term L'wis'
Object Description Game
Inventory Description Game, pointed stick, ovate leather piece w/perfs., pine bundle, conn. w/string
Classification
  • Game
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Passamaquoddy
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine
Dimensions Overall: 25.1 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm (9 7/8 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 98364
Provenance
Collector Last Indian Agent of Passamaquoddy
Seller Unknown (1928)

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