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Cribbage Game Board3432/1 a-f

Carved cribbage board (part a) with four pegs (parts b-e). The board is carved with a row of animal figures and animal heads along the top. At one end is a full bear-like figure, facing outward; then three bear(?) heads, one facing the rump of the bear, the other two facing each other, muzzle to muzzle; then a full seal lying on its stomach; then a full walrus carved on its back, at the other end. All the animals have black inlaid baleen eyes, and each one has a red mouth; the walrus also has black inlaid dots representing whiskers. The board has 60 holes - each set of ten, in two columns of five, is outlined in black. The board has been broken into several pieces and reglued. The pegs are very long and taper at one end. The small rectangular wooden box (part f) is unlined, and has a small clasp at front, centre.

Culture
Inuit
Material
baleen, pigment, walrus tusk, wood and brass metal ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Game Board3326/41

Oware(?) or Mancala game board carved from a single piece of wood. One end is decorated with a carved human head turned in profile. The person is depicted with short hair, large eyes, a large triangular nose and three marks on either cheek. The board is rectangular with two straight rows of six rounded pits or "houses". The sides of the board are scalloped, tapering in to the base, echoing the shape of the pits within. Between the pits are lightly carved diamonds, or double V-shapes on either end. The base is flat.

Culture
Yoruba ?
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game PiecesA6597 a-d

Four cylindrical pieces of wood that bulge slightly towards the centre. Parts a and b have a ring of bark around the centre; parts c-d are plain wood.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dart For Game16/6731 D
Dart For Game16/6731 B
Darts For Game16/6731 A
Pin And Ball Game, Ball16/8612 B
Pin And Ball Game, Pin16/8612 A
Gambling Game Pieces3259/36 a-c

Three cylindrical bone game pieces. Part a has circular pieces of brass(?) capping each end. Engraved around the cylinder ends are circles with dots inside. Part b is hollow, and engraved with a repeating pattern of four holes in a diamond-like design, at each end, and five holes around the horizontal central groove. Part c is hollow, and engraved with a repeating pattern of circles with dots inside, arranged in a zigzag around each end; at the centre is a horizontal groove.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
metal and bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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game1927.1734 . 176387

« A variant of the cup and pin game consists of a bundle of cedar twigs wrapped in string. At the proximal end is fastened a length of twine to which is attached a wooden pin which tapers to a point at its distal end (fig. 29a). This game was used in gambling and simply for amusement. It also was associated with increasing luck in hunting (Speck, 1935, pp. 198-199; Tanner, 1979, p. 129). » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.19, fig 29a (p.57).

Culture
Ilnu, Montagnais and Innu
Material
cedar twig
Made in
Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
Holding Institution
The Field Museum
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