Peach Pit/Stone Dice
date: label: Collection Date
content: 18 Aug 1961
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William C. Sturtevant
notes: label: Notes
content: Six polished peach pits/stones, each black on one side and left natural color on the other. These appear to be a set of 6 peach stone dice used in the Peach Seed Game. See pp. 307 - 312 in Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881. League of the Iroquois. New York: Corinth Books, 1962. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.32106015859355?urlappend=%3Bseq=351%3Bownerid=9007199272167236-361 . See also pp. 114-115 of Stewart Culin, "Games of the North American Indians", B.A.E. 24th Annual Report, and compare to E248721.
label: Notes
content: Inner original storage box reads "Gift of Frank Whitetree 18 Aug 61 - made from ord. peach seeds."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jan 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
place: label: Place
content: United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), Seneca (Onödowá'ga:')
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2049174
label: USNM Number
content: E437852-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dice