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Gaming ground
Object Number 2004.29.5536
Display Title Gaming ground
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Paiute Indians (Inyo County California) (Shoshonean); Gaming ground. [cleared space]. Note wicker work at each end of (?); Gift of Grace Nicholson."
Keywords
  • Recreation
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Gaming ground
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Paiute
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Inyo County
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Grace A. Nicholson

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