Game Piece, Bone Item Number: 5531 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Bone gambling toggle (broken).* MOVING PROBLEM: there is one gambling toggle with the # 5531 in drawer 20E16 (5/8/90 RWA) but there is also an object (gambling toggle or bone? or axe handle?) with the same number that came from box #1333 and which is now located on the problem shelf (duplicate #? on object) - the ledger only lists one toggle for that number (5/11/90 DM). Columbia River Exhibit Case to be restored. Gambling bone moved to Archy 5/1992. Broken (longitudinally) in antiquity. Roughly cylindrical, undecorated (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.
Credit Line
Purchase from Dr. R. E. Stewart
Geographical Search Terms
Eastern Washington Klickitat County Lower Columbia North America Pacific Northwest Plateau Washington State Western United States
Item History
- Collected by Dr. R.E. Stewart on November 8, 1905
What
- Name
- Game Piece, Bone
- Identification Number
- 5531
- Type of Item
- bone game piece
- Material
- bone
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and ground
- Overall
- length 6.0 cm, width 1.6 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 14.6 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Dr. R.E. Stewart
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on November 8, 1905
Other
- Accession Number
- 40
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Excavated By
- Stewart, Dr. R. E.
- Object Category
- Bone/Antler/Ivory
- Object Sub Category
- Bone, Modified