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Object Number
70-14-10/2712
Display Title
Leather cards
Descriptions
Object Description
Cards for playing Monte made of horse hide & used by the Apaches
Inventory Description
Playing cards, leather, multicolored pigmented designs
Classification
- Playing cards
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1870
Culture
- Western Apache
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Leather, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 9.1 x 5.4 x 0.1 cm (3 9/16 x 2 1/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
40
Label on object
2712 (see authorities for additional info)
Credit Line
Gift of Lt. Duncan Sherman, 1870.
Provenance
Collector
Lt. Duncan Sherman
Donor
Donated by
Lt. Duncan Sherman
(1870)
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