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Ivory and paper knot-tying game?
Ivory and paper knot-tying game?
Object Number 976-5-10/99628
Display Title Ivory and paper knot-tying game?
Descriptions
Object Description Ivory and paper pieces with numbers and names of knots (most illegible); remnants of cords, metal rings, glass beads
Inventory Description Game? Ivory and paper rectangular and square pieces, punctured holes, threaded with twisted fiber cordage, metal beads and spheres attached
Classification
  • Personal gear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Ivory, Paper, Metal, Silk, Glass
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of one ivory piece): 8.2 × 2.5 × 0.1 cm (3 1/4 × 1 × 1/16 in.)
Quantity 12
Label on object 976-5-10/99628

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