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Game Piece

Ring

Object Number:38615A
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Hopi
Provenience: Arizona
Oraibi
Third Mesa
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Corn Husk
Corn Cob
Feather
Thread
Length: 16 cm
Width: 4 cm
Credit Line:Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

Description

A game ring of corn husk overwrapped with white and black thread. Also includes additional corn cobs and feathers for darts.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

American Indian Life 1776-1976 ( Dec 1976 - 1978) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] 1976. American Indian Life: 1776-1976.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 14View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Collection] Williams, Lucy F. 2003. Guide to the North American Ethnographic Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 56, pl. 55View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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