Dice

22578

From: New Mexico | Zuni Pueblo

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 22578
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 cross hatching at the ends, "V" shapes intersected by a longitudinal line, and sets of "V" shapes separated by a line in the center or at one end.

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

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