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Object Number
35-78-10/4997
Display Title
13-stick dice (wusu'u), played by women only
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Wusu'u
Object Description
13-stick dice, played by women only; small slabs each painted red on one side; score cunted by marking on ground. (This is probably played with 12 dice.)
Inventory Description
Game, carved wood, oval shaped, one side natural, one side red
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
Wood, Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 4 x 1.9 x 0.5 cm (1 9/16 x 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
13
Label on object
35-78-10/4997
Provenance
Collector
Julian H. Steward
(07/08/1935)
Intermediary
Julian H. Steward
(07/01/1935-10/01/1935)
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