Culture/People:

Haida  Search this

Collector:

Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914  Search this

Previous owner:

Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914  Search this

Seller/source:

Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914  Search this

Object Name:

Gambling stick

Media/Materials:

Wood, hide

Techniques:

Carved

Object Type:

Games, Toys, Gambling

Place:

Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands); North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District); British Columbia; Canada

Archipelago:

Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)

Collection History:

Collected between 1874 and 1894 by Reverend Thomas Crosby (1840-1914, an English missionary who worked with North Pacific Coast peoples from 1863 to about 1900); purchased by George Heye from Reverend Crosby in 1908.

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Catalog Number:

1/8096

Barcode:

018096.000

See related items:

Haida

Games, Toys, Gambling

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63a0479c6-361e-4b7f-a6d6-2567b5013567

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_19200