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Object Number
985-27-10/60120
Display Title
Northwest coast gambling kit. Leather bag containing carved wood sticks.
Descriptions
Object Description
Northwest coast gambling kit. Leather bag, interior of which is painted in red and black of a bear and a raven(?). Long rectangular flap which can fold around bag twice. Bag contains 62 carved wood sticks of cylindrical shape, all about 12.5 cm long. Most sticks are painted.
Inventory Description
Northwest coast gambling kit. Leather bag, interio
Classification
- Accessory
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th Century
Culture
- Tlingit?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Stikine River, Upper waters of the
Materials
Leather, Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 14.8 x 21.3 x 5.5 cm (5 13/16 x 8 3/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity
63
Provenance
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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