Object Details
- Collector
- Mr. Robert Kennicott
- Donor Name
- Mr. Robert Kennicott
- FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 24TH AR, FIG. 715, P.543. ENTRY ON OLD CATALOGUE: "A TOY MADE OF BONE. I? OF FORT GOOD HOPE. THIS TOY IS ALSO USED BY THE CREE INDIANS AND HAS PROBABLY BEEN INTRODUCED FROM THEM. IT IS SOMETIMES USED IN GAMBLING. THIS IS A SERIES OF SOCKETS MADE OF BONES OF REINDEER AND IN PLAYING THE OBJECT IS CATCH AS MANY AS POSSIBLE ON THE SPIKE THE HIGHER ONE COUNTING MOST - CATCHING THE HOLES IN THE LEATHER TAG ALSO COUNT-CERTAIN HOLES BEING HIGHEST. R. KENNICOTT. 1863."
- Record Last Modified
- 8 Jan 2020
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Hare (K'asho Got'ine, Dene)
- Accession Date
- 1863
- Accession Number
- 000177
- USNM Number
- E857-0
- Object Type
- Ring And Pin Game
- Place
- Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8482984
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32aff1c39-49b7-4877-b6f6-08642574041c
