Stick Dice Awl Game (Tsona)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 1892
label: Collection Date
content: C. 1891
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: 22 parts: 21 sticks/dice and one awl.
label: Notes
content: Dice and tally sticks for awl game (Tsona). Four sets of dice consisting of four half-round sticks, three of which are marked on one side with a red line, the fourth marked in black with designs on both faces. One set of five tally sticks painted green. One awl with metal point and wooden handle, incised and painted with geometric designs. 5.25" (13 cm) - 8.75" (22 cm). Records: The game is played by women sitting upon the ground about a blanket, which is marked in a peculiar manner with charcoal lines to indicate the various stages of the game. As the game progresses, an awl is moved from one line to another according to the result of the throw. Illustrated in BAE-AR 24, 128-129, figs. 134-136; USNM-AR 1896, 731-733, figs. 52-54. (C, L). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 22
place: label: Place
content: Kiowa And Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025718
label: USNM Number
content: E152908-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dice / Awl / Tally Stick