Ice Dart (Guato Gyabo)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 1892
label: Collection Date
content: C. 1891
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Rib bone game." Illus. Fig. 532 and described p. 413 in "Games of the North American Indians" by Stewart Culin, BAE 24th Annual Report, in section on snowsnake game.
label: Notes
content: Ice dart (Guatogyabo). Short section of rib pointed at one end, decorated with punctate design. Blunt end holds two sticks inserted into shafts of feathers with quills stripped halfway. Remaining feather blade decoratively cut. 16" (41 cm). Records: This dart is used in sport. It is thrown along the ice, and the player whose dart goes the greatest distance wins the game. Played by young men. (C, L, ML). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiowa And Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025718
label: USNM Number
content: E152906-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Game