Culture/People:

Oklahoma Shawnee  Search this

Previous owner:

John Gibson, Oklahoma Shawnee  Search this

Collector:

Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971  Search this

Object Name:

Dice/Die

Media/Materials:

Fruit pit, pigment/pigments

Techniques:

Carved, drilled, painted

Dimensions:

1.60 x 0.50 cm

Object Type:

Games, Toys, Gambling

Native Term:

wa si ma wa na gi

Place:

Oklahoma; USA

Date created:

circa 1900

Collection History:

Collected from John Gibson (Oklahoma Shawnee) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.

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Catalog Number:

2/566

Barcode:

020566.000

See related items:

Oklahoma Shawnee

Games, Toys, Gambling

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65db21d3c-04cb-448b-84ce-545f6c8d4bcb

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_21992