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Object Number 05-7-10/65642
Display Title 'Cup and ball' game
Descriptions
Object Description 'Cup and ball' game- 13 animal vertebrae, leather string
Inventory Description Game, 13 vertebrae, faunal, worn, polished, leather cord w/string, goat or hors
Classification
  • Game
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Pomo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm (1 3/8 x 15/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 14
Label on object 65642
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (01/01/1905)

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