Gambling stick
date: label: Date created
content: 1870-1890
name: label: Culture/People
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
label: Collector
content: Charles F. Newcombe (C.F. Newcombe), Non-Indian, 1851-1924
label: Previous owner
content: Charles F. Newcombe (C.F. Newcombe), Non-Indian, 1851-1924
label: Previous owner
content: Free Museum of Science and Art (University of Pennsylvania Museum) (University Museum, University of Pennsylvania)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Charles F. Newcombe (1851-1924, a physician and collector in British Columbia) at an unknown date; acquired at an unknown date by the Free Museum of Art and Science; part of the University Museum collection until 1908 when it was acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the Free Museum of Science and Art.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Xumtaspi; Mount Waddington Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
label: Archipelago
content: Vancouver Island Group
label: Island Name
content: Hope Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
label: See related items
content: Games, Toys, Gambling
label: On View
content: NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, As We Grow: Traditions, Toys, & Games
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/9281
label: Barcode
content: 019281.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Games, Toys, Gambling
label: Indigenous Term
content: vao
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Gambling stick
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal bone, ivory, wood, pigment/pigments, thread
label: Techniques
content: Carved, polished, incised, drilled, wrapped, colored
label: Dimensions
content: 7.20 x 9.60 x 2.10 cm