Four-Stick Game Set
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1892 to 1898
name: label: Collector
content: Rev. Eugene S. Dutcher
label: Collector
content: Mary B. Dutcher
label: Donor Name
content: Donald Cummings
notes: label: Notes
content: 1/17 - CASE; CYLINDRICAL BUCKSKIN CONTAINER DECORATED WITH OVERLAY STITCH SEED BEADWORK IN GEOMETRIC DESIGNS; EDGE-BEADED AT SEAMS AND TOP. BEAD LOOP HANDLE. BEAD COLORS: PURPLE, ROSE, RED, PINK, BLACK, BLUES, YELLOWS, WHITE. USED TO HOLD GAME DICE AND COUNTING STICKS. 2/17 - 5/17 - 4 STICK DICE; BONE; DECORATED WITH INCISED LINES ON ONE SIDE; LINES AND BACKS COLORED WITH RED PIGMENT. 2/17 AND 3/17 HAVE ZIGZAG INCISED LINES. 4/17 AND 5/17 HAVE X-SHAPED INCISED LINES. 5/17 HAS CENTER WRAPPED WITH SINEW. 6/17 - 17/17 - 12 COUNTING STICKS; WOOD, BARK REMOVED AND SMOOTHED; DECORATED WITH RED PIGMENT. A WOMAN'S GAMBLING GAME; SEE WISSLER, THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE BLACKFOOT, 1911, P. 60-61.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Jan 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 17
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Blackfeet Reservation, Montana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Blackfoot (Niitsitapi, Siksikaitsitapi)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390845
label: USNM Number
content: E425922-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Game
physicalDescription: label: Length - Each Of 4 Stick Dice
content: 15.5 cm
label: Width - Each Of 4 Stick Dice
content: 1.5 cm
label: Length - Each Of 12 Counting Sticks
content: 13.2 cm
label: Length - Case
content: 11 cm
label: Diameter - Case
content: 4 cm