Gaming-Sticks 4
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 1935
name: label: Collector
content: Herbert W. Krieger
label: Donor Name
content: Herbert W. Krieger
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE NOTE: SPEDIS WAS THE PRINCIPAL OLD SETTLEMENT OF THE WISHRAM, LYING 9 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF WISHRAM, ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER ACROSS FROM THE DALLES.
label: Notes
content: Shayleen Macy of the Wasco delegation from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs made these comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit Aug 31-Sept 4, 2015. Wishram stick game is a really popular game today. There is a lot of oral history about the game being played much more in the past. The elders used to love playing it all the time in Warm Springs. They'd be up all night playing. It was a place for young people to listen to the elders while they played. The game is kind of like Yahtzee in a way, except you hide your hands behind your back and everyone has to guess what you have. These sticks are for keeping track of points. It's a gambling game for money. There are stories of the game in "Wishram Texts"by Edward Sapir.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Feb 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Spedis, Klickitat County, Washington, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Wishram
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 135869
label: USNM Number
content: E374072-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Game