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Women's gambling dice
Object Number 04-28-10/63491
Display Title Women's gambling dice
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornaments, carved abalone shell discs, flat, 1 small bag of flakes
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yurok
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Corner
Materials Abalone, Mussel
Dimensions Overall: 2.3 x 2.3 x 0.3 cm (7/8 x 7/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 4 discs and 4 flakes
Label on object 63491
Provenance
Exchange participant Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1904)
Collector Dr. Alfred Louis Kroeber

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