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Gambling bones, wild cat
Gambling bones, wild cat
Object Number 08-4-10/73128
Display Title Gambling bones, wild cat
Descriptions
Inventory Description Game, gambling sticks, long, thin, one wrapped at center w/ resin coated string
Classification
  • Game
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maidu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Plumas County / Prattville
Additional Geographic Terms East-Central California
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 6.8 x 0.6 x 0.1 cm (2 11/16 x 1/4 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 73128
Provenance
Provenance Big Meadow Jim (1908)
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1908 - 1908)
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1908 - June 1908)
Dealer Grace A. Nicholson (1908 - 1908)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1908 - 1908)

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