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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
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United States
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California
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Inyo County
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Grace A. Nicholson
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 2004.29.5533 | Hattie, blocking her face, and boy behind her |
Inyo County
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| 2004.29.5534 | Man standing beside house |
Inyo County
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| 2004.29.5532 | Sweat house |
Inyo County
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| 2004.29.5535 | Entrance to sweat house - Big Pine. |
Inyo County
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| 2004.29.5538 | Old Mike |
Inyo County
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| 2004.29.5537 | John Goodall, Son-in-law of Old Captain John |
Inyo County
| ||
| 34-119-10/100561.1.37 | Discs-two bottom ones probably used for gaming. |
Texas
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| 2004.29.5523 | Pauite man and child in front of Tom Peterson's home |
Inyo County
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| 2004.29.5522 | Mike Branagan's Paiute House and Old woman's house |
Inyo County
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| 48-44-10/34299.4 | Ground stone from cache of gaming materials |
Ground Stone
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Bat Cave
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| 985-27-10/60488b | 2 gaming arrows, probably Plains. Long bevelled 4-sided points with designs. |
Arrow
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United States
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| 985-27-10/60488A | 2 gaming arrows, probably Plains. Long bevelled 4-sided points with designs. |
Arrow
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United States
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