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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
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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