Dice/Die and bag
date: label: Date created
content: 1890-1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Ute (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Major John Seashoal Witcher, Non-Indian, 1839-1906
label: Previous owner
content: Mahala Witcher (Mahala Florentine Mahone/Mrs. John S. Witcher), Non-Indian, 1843-1918
label: Previous owner
content: Dorothy Walsh (Dorothy Sheridan Witcher Walsh/Mrs. H. T. Walsh), Non-Indian, 1901-1973
label: Donor
content: Dorothy Walsh (Dorothy Sheridan Witcher Walsh/Mrs. H. T. Walsh), Non-Indian, 1901-1973
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of Major John Seashoal Witcher (1839-1906, a paymaster in the US Army between 1880 and 1899) and his wife Mahala Witcher (1843-1918) and probably acquired by them during postings in Utah and on the West Coast; inherited by their granddaughter Dorothy Witcher Walsh (Mrs. H. T. Walsh, 1901-1973, of Baltimore, Maryland); donated to MAI by Dorothy Walsh in 1962.
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place: label: Place
content: California; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Ute
label: See related items
content: Games, Toys, Gambling
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/1091
label: Barcode
content: 231091.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Games, Toys, Gambling
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Dice/Die and bag
label: Media/Materials
content: Deerhide/deerskin, animal bone, glass bead/beads, commercially tanned leather
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, overlay beadwork, laced, fringed, carved, wrapped
label: Dimensions
content: 25.00 x 18.00 x 9.80 cm