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8-stick dice game of cane (danzahni)
Object Number 35-78-10/4995
Display Title 8-stick dice game of cane (danzahni)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Danzahni
Object Description 8-stick dice game of cane (danzahni): score by each player advancing 2 small sticks along spaces made by 25 sticks stuck in the ground.
Inventory Description Game, bamboo, cut in half longways
Classification
  • Game
Department Ethnographic
Artist Joe Frank (07/08/1935)
Culture
  • Upper Reese River
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Nevada
Additional Geographic Terms Reese River, Upper; Austin, south of
Materials Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 29.5 x 0.7 x 0.2 cm (11 5/8 x 1/4 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 8
Label on object 35-78-10/4995
Provenance
Collector Julian H. Steward (07/08/1935)
Intermediary Julian H. Steward (07/01/1935-10/01/1935)

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