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Ah-du-is, played similar to cup and ball game
Object Number 97-3-10/48237
Display Title Ah-du-is, played similar to cup and ball game
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Ah-du'-is
Object Description Ah-du-is, played similar to cup and ball game
Inventory Description Game, bundle of moose hair? bound withstring, resin at end, sharpened bone
Classification
  • Game
Department Ethnographic
Artist Big Thunder
Culture
  • Penobscot
  • Eastern Abenaki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Penobscot County / Indian Island / Old Town
Materials Bone, Moosehair, String, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 17.7 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm (6 15/16 x 1 1/4 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 97-3-10/48237
Provenance
Collector Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (1897)
Donor Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (1897)

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