Gambling Game Sticks
Item number A7104 a-bbbb from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Seventy-nine wooden gambling sticks (parts b-bbbb) in a deer hide bag (part a). The sticks are cylindrical in shape and are of uniform size; each has red and/or black line markings in centre. A few have an old white adhesive tag attached. Nine pieces are inlaid with abalone shells of different designs; one is missing its inlay. The inside of the bag has remnants of an old red and black Northwest Coast design. The strap of the bag has a carved bone(?) window-shaped ornament attached.
Narrative
The 'ivory' toggle attached to the bag cord appears to be a carved window frame of the type that would have been made for an argillite panel pipe--e.g., similar to the argillite window insert used in panel pipe #3260/61.
Item History
- Made in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected between 1873 and 1922
- Owned by William Henry Collison and William Edwin Collison
- Owned by Joyce Collison and Muriel Budinich before February 1960
- Received from Muriel Budinich (Seller), Joyce Collison (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) during February 1960
What
- Name
- Gambling Game Sticks
- Identification Number
- A7104 a-bbbb
- Type of Item
- game stick
- Material
- skin, bone ?, abalone shell, wood, paint and lacquer
- Manufacturing Technique
- sanded, polished and inlaid
- Part A
- height 75.1 cm, width 18.6 cm, depth 4.3 cm
- Part B
- height 11.1 cm, diameter 0.8 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Previous Owner
- William Henry Collison, William Edwin Collison, Joyce Collison and Muriel Budinich
- Received from
- Muriel Budinich (Seller), Joyce Collison (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
When
- Collection Date
- between 1873 and 1922
- Ownership Date
- before February 1960
- Acquisition Date
- during February 1960
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 14
- Accession Number
- 0020/0063 a-bbbb
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