Parts Of Game Item Number: E7404-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 24TH AR, FIG. 92, P. 92. CONSISTS OF 4 WOODEN PIECES IN THE SHAPE OF THE OUTLINE OF A TRUNCATED TENT. PROBABLY GAME PARTS. FOR STUDY & RETURN: MR. STEWART CULIN UNIVERSITY OF PENN., PHILA. PA. MARCH 24, 1897. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1896; FIG. 45; P. 719." Both old publications identify as possibly used in a game, possibly dice.This object is listed, but not described or analyzed, in Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/39 , retrieved 1-24-2020.
Item History
- Made
- Collected
- Received from Roderick R. MacFarlane on January 7, 1869
What
- Name
- Parts Of Game
- Identification Number
- E7404-0
- Type of Item
- dice
Who
- Culture
- Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
- Received from
- Roderick R. MacFarlane
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- “Not Given: Arctic Coast” ?
- Collected in
- “Not Given: Arctic Coast” ?
When
- Acquisition Date
- on January 7, 1869
Other
- Accession Number
- 69A00012