Culture/People:

Hunkpapa Lakota [Standing Rock]  Search this

Collector:

Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957  Search this

Seller:

Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957  Search this

Object Name:

Cup and pin game

Media/Materials:

Deer bone/bones, metal ring, metal pin/pins, hide thong/babiche, glass bead/beads, twine/string

Techniques:

Strung

Object Type:

Games, Toys, Gambling

Place:

Standing Rock Reservation; Corson County; South Dakota; USA

Date created:

circa 1913

Collection History:

Collected by ethnologist and ethnomusicologist Frances Densmore (1867-1957) in 1913 or 1914; purchased by MAI from Frances Densmore in 1917.

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Catalog Number:

6/7969

Barcode:

067969.000

See related items:

Hunkpapa Lakota [Standing Rock]

Games, Toys, Gambling

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws60a5085dd-992a-4c2e-af70-5fde367cd066

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_73262