Collector:

Miss Ella F. Hubby  Search this

Donor Name:

Miss Ella F. Hubby  Search this

Culture:

Yokuts  Search this

Object Type:

Dice

Place:

Not Given, Tulare County / Tulare Reservation, California, United States, North America

Accession Date:

4 Feb 1925

Notes:

From card for set of basket and dice: "Gambling tray. Purchased from the Indians by a lady living in Tulare 1890." Accompanying gambling tray/basket is # E328026-0.

Dice consist of four half shells of nuts (walnuts?), filled with what appears to be asphaltum? (raw petroleum or bitumen). Glass beads and bits of shell are embedded in the asphaltum. Compare to E19695 and E417679.

Record Last Modified:

4 Apr 2021

Specimen Count:

4

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

085929

USNM Number:

E328026-1

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/398c2e555-05b3-4008-90b9-43602652ee02

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8395317