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Peach-stone dice
Object Number 08-17-10/73470
Display Title Peach-stone dice
Descriptions
Indigenous Term gun' se gun
Inventory Description Gaming pieces, oval, fruit pit (?), incised
Classification
  • Game
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Quapaw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Oklahoma
Additional Geographic Terms Quapaw Agency
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 1.8 x 1.6 x 0.5 cm (11/16 x 5/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 7
Label on object 73470
Provenance
Collector Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington (1907-1908 - 1908)
Donor Donated by Unknown

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