Gambling Game Sticks Item Number: A1641 a-xx from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Pouch (part a) made of cloth is relatively square with a very long flap, has a long blue band running along one side, and has a long metal piece engraved with 'MAY 6 1851' attached by a skin strip. Forty nine (parts b-xx) wooden sticks, all of uniform size, some of which are inlaid with abalone shells of different designs: one stick (part b) has two circular abalone shell inlays near the centre; a second stick (part c) has a triangular abalone shell inlay near the centre; a third stick (part d) has one circular abalone shell inlay near the centre; a fourth stick (part e) has a trapezoid-shaped abalone shell inlay near one end; seventeen sticks (parts f-v) are plain; and twenty-eight sticks (parts w-xx) appear to have various decorative lines.
Narrative
Possibly from the upper Skeena area?
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected between 1893 and 1934
- Owned by George Henry Raley before November 1948
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George Henry Raley (Seller) during November 1948
What
- Name
- Gambling Game Sticks
- Identification Number
- A1641 a-xx
- Type of Item
- game stick
- Material
- abalone shell, wood, cotton fibre ?, metal and skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- sanded and polished
- Part A
- height 67.7 cm, width 17.3 cm, depth 3.0 cm
- Part B
- height 12.7 cm, diameter 0.8 cm
- Overall
- height 3.0 cm, width 30.7 cm, depth 18.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Gitxsan
- Previous Owner
- George Henry Raley
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George Henry Raley (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1893 and 1934
- Ownership Date
- before November 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1948
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 19
- Accession Number
- 1960/0113 a-xx