Barbed Ivory Dart-Tip For Gambling
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Nov 1878
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARDS: "A DART-NAN, GHO, KH, GUT-NETTED TARGET FOR SAME LUG, YA, LUKH. 123 A, B, GAME OF CHANCE PLAYED BY THE MEN IN THE CASHINU. THE TARGET IS FASTENED ACROSS THE OPENING IN THE ROOF IN THE CENTER OF THE ROOM. EACH MAN PUTS AN ARTICLE OF VALUE UNDERNEATH. THEN EACH TAKES A SPEAR TO THE BUTT OF WHICH IS ATTACHED A LONG CORD, THROWS IT AT THE TARGET WHEN THE BARBED END, OF THE SPEAR BECOMES ENTANGLED IN THE REST THAT IS MUST BE LOOSENED BY THE HAND, THE THROWER TAKES ONE OF THE ARTICLES PUT UP, AND THE GAMES GOES ON." "Dart.--Small barbed ivory tip driven into light rough cedar staff, and secured by serving of fine sinew. Length, staff, 44 1/2 ins.; head, 2 ins. ST. MICHAEL'S, NORTON SOUND, ALASKA, 1878. 33,193. Collected by E. W. NELSON. The dart, "Na-gho-kh-gut", is used in connection with a target, "Ng-yu-lukh", in a game of chance played by the men in the Cashines..." See also E33970 - 33972.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Dec 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Pastolik, Yukon River, Mouth, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 78A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E33193-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hoop And Pole Game
physicalDescription: label: Length - Staff
content: 113 cm
label: Length - Head
content: 5 cm