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Bone lozenge shaped objects, one wound with sinew, gambling bones
Bone lozenge shaped objects, one wound with sinew, gambling bones
Object Number 88-51-10/50678
Display Title Bone lozenge shaped objects, one wound with sinew, gambling bones
Descriptions
Object Description Bone lozenge shaped objects, one wound with sinew, gambling bones
Inventory Description Game, gambling bones, long diamond shaped, one with sinew wrapped center
Classification
  • Game
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Paiute
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Utah
Additional Geographic Terms Utah, southern
Materials Bone, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 7.4 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm (2 15/16 x 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 50678
Provenance
Collector Maj. John Wesley Powell (01/01/1884)
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (01/01/1888)

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