Gaming Mat
NA8573
From: Canada | British Columbia
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA8573 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tsimshian |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Hide | Pigment | Bone |
| Description | Gambling mat with a red and black painted animal figure on one side. A strip of white fur goes down the center, flanked on either side by strips of brown fur. Red designs are painted between the fur and the fringed edges of the mat. A rectangular, bone ornament is attached to a strap at one end. |
| Length | 61 cm |
| Width | 28 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918 |
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