Darts Feathered For A Game
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Nov 1878
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "WANDS USED IN A DANCE. FI GU UR I AK. EACH MAN HAS TWO AND RANGING ON EQUAL SIDES AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE CASHIME WITH SOME SMALL OBJECT IN THE CENTER THEY THROW AT IT AND FOR STAKES THEY HAVE A SMALL PILE OF WOODEN CHIPS, 10 IN NUMBER WHICH SERVE FOR MONEY IN THE GAME. WHEN A MAN HITS THE TARGET HE TAKES ONE OF THE CHIPS AND SO ON UNTIL THEY ARE ALL GONE. TWO MEN ARE APPOINTED TO RETURN THE DARTS TO THE THROWERS ALSO TO GIVE THE CHIPS TO THE WINNER."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Dec 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Pastolik, Yukon River, Mouth, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 78A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E33808-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dart Game