Gambling-Tools
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1870
label: Collection Date
content: 1869
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. John A. Henriques
label: Donor Name
content: Capt. John A. Henriques
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM OLD LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "GAMBLING STICKS.--MADE OF WOOD; TWENTY NINE IN NUMBER, WITH BUCKSKIN BAG. MOST OF THE STICKS HAVE A DISTINCTIVE MARK. LENGTH, 5 INCHES; WIDTH, 3/8 INCH. TLINGIT INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), SITKA, ALASKA. 9,939. COLLECTED BY CAPT. HENRIQUES. EXPLANATION OF GAME.--EACH PLAYER, IN TURN, SELECTS A NUMBER OF STICKS FROM HIS BAG AND PLACES THEM UNDER A HEAP OR HEAPS OF BARK TOW. HIS OPPONENT THEN GUESSES WHETHER THIS NUMBER IS EVEN OR ODD, 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 LOSSES HIS ENTIRE SET AND THUS FORFEITS THE ARTICLE BET UPON THE GAME. THE TLINGITS ARE INVETERATE GAMBLERS."
label: Notes
content: Virginia Oliver made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This gambling set features an abalone inlay on the ends of some of the gambling sticks.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Aug 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 25
place: label: Place
content: Baranof Island / Sitka, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 70A00001
label: USNM Number
content: E9939-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gambling Set
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 13 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 0.953 cm