Dice

22573

From: New Mexico | Zuni Pueblo

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 22573
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Zuni
Provenience New Mexico | Zuni Pueblo
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Cane (plant)
Description

Four stick dice made from halved cane reeds. Each die has patterns of incised lines including segments of lines at the ends, lines at one end, lines only in the center, and intersecting diagonal lines. The reverse of each die is painted black with one painted entirely, one painted at both ends, one painted at one end, and one painted only in the center.

Credit Line Southwest Expedition; R. Stewart Culin; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902

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