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Collector:
Stephen Powers  Search this
Donor Name:
Stephen Powers  Search this
Culture:
Paiute  Search this
Object Type:
Gambling Set
Place:
Not Given, Washoe County / Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, United States, North America
Accession Date:
1876
Collection Date:
1875 to 1876
Notes:
FROM CARD: "CATALOG BOOK CALLS FOR 18 STICKS. THIS ENTRY MARKED "LOST" IN CATALOG BOOK. ILLUS. IN BAE 24TH AR, FIG. 441, P. 333. [Illustration shows a bundle of pointed sticks, identified as counting sticks for four-stick game.] INVENTORIED 1975. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 11, GREAT BASIN., FIG. 18B [counting sticks], and 18C [cane dice for cane dice game], PG. 454." TRIBE WAS MISTRANSCRIBED AS UTE ON CATALOGUE CARD, HOWEVER ACCESSION RECORD CLEARLY IDENTIFIES AS PAIUTE, PYRAMID LAKE, NEVADA - F. PICKERING 5-24-1999
Record Last Modified:
30 Jul 2020
Specimen Count:
18
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
004856
USNM Number:
E19045-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a629a6ca-509d-45f8-bb71-3bb6b9359cd0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8353738