Native Game Of Pitch (11 Pieces)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Feb 1884
name: label: Collector
content: William J. Fisher
label: Donor Name
content: William J. Fisher
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Illus. in BAE 24th AR, fig. 947, p. 723. ka-gang-skak. The pieces are pitched at a mark and the one whose pieces are nearest to it is the winner. For study + examination Mr. Stewart Culin, University of Penn., Phila., Penn., March 24, 1897. 3 pieces Illus. Fig. 27, p. 38 in Crowell, Aron, Amy F. Steffian, and Gordon L. Pullar. 2001. Looking both ways: heritage and identity of the Alutiiq people. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=193 , retrieved 8-30-2012: Game pieces, Sugpiaq (Alutiiq), Koniag. kakangat "tossing disks" - Language: Koniag Sugpiaq (Kodiak Island dialect) Kakangaq was a traditional game in which the players threw disks of wood or ivory toward a target in the center of a seal skin. Competitors tried to land their disks on the target, or to knock someone else's out of the way. Scores were tallied with wooden sticks. Hunters were careful not to play in the evenings because it might bring bad luck in the chase.
label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027. 8 of 11 game pieces on loan.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 11
place: label: Place
content: Lesnoi Island (Woody Island), Kodiak Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Koniag
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 014024
label: USNM Number
content: E90436-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Game
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 3.5 cm