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Gambling Game SticksA1640 a-bbb

Cylindrical shaped sticks with rounded ends, centres of which have various black and red markings. All are uniform in size. A skin bag (part a) that has a thin square pouch with a rectangular overlapping cover and fifty-three sticks (parts b-bbb).

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
wood and leather skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksA1642 a-hh

Cylindrical pouch (part a) is small and shallow with a long flap. Thirty three gambling sticks (parts b-hh), some of which are of different sizes: one stick (part b) has a carved face on the top and is joined with a horn finial; another stick (part c) has a needle-eye-like hole through one end; eight sticks (parts d-k) are decorated with various lines around them; thirteen sticks (parts l-x) are decorated with three lines around the centre; six sticks (parts y-dd) are plain; and four sticks (parts ee-hh) are very thin.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
leather skin, wood, horn and paint ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksA7104 a-bbbb

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.

Culture
Haida
Material
skin, bone ?, abalone shell, wood, paint and lacquer
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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