Gambling-Sticks And Pouch
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1868
label: Collection Date
content: 1868
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Thomas T. Minor
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Thomas T. Minor
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "27 CARVED STICKS, 1 LEATHER POUCH ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 63, FIG. 335, P. 344. FOR STUDY AND RETURN: MR. STEWART CULIN UNIVERSITY OF PENN. PHILA. PA. MARCH 24, 1897." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "GAMBLING STICKS. MADE OF WOOD; TWENTY-SEVEN IN NUMBER, WITH DEERSKIN CASE. EACH STICK IS CARVED WITH A TOTEMIC DESIGN. LENGTH, 5 INCHES; DIAMETER, 1/2 INCH. TLINGIT INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), SITKA, ALASKA, 6,556. COLLECTED BY DR. T. T. MINOR, U. S. A. EXPLANATION OF GAME.-EACH OF THE PLAYERS, IN TURN, SELECTS A NUMBER OF THESE STICKS FROM HIS BAG AND COVERS THEM IN A HEAP OF FINELY CUT BARK TOW. HIS OPPONENT THEN GUESSES WHETHER THIS NUMBER IS ODD OR EVEN, OR IN WHICH OF TWO PILES A CERTAIN STICK IS HIDDEN. ACCORDING AS HIS GUESS IS A SUCCESS OR A FAILURE, HE GAINS OR LOSES ONE OR MORE STICKS. THIS IS KEPT UP UNTIL ONE OF THE PLAYERS LOSES HIS ENTIRE SET AND THUS FORFEITS THE ARTICLE BET UPON THE GAME. THE TLINGITS ARE INVETERATE GAMBLERS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 25
place: label: Place
content: Baranof Island (not certain) / Sitka (not certain), Alexander Archipelago (not certain), Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit, Sitka
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 001310
label: USNM Number
content: E6556-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dice
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 13 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 1.3 cm