Cup & Pin Game
70-9-497
From: Canada | Quebec (uncertain) | Newfoundland (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
Object Title | Cup & Pin Game |
Object Number | 70-9-497 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Naskapi |
Provenience | Canada | Quebec (uncertain) | Newfoundland (uncertain) |
Culture Area | Subarctic Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Caribou Bone | Babiche | Fur (uncertain) |
Description | Cup & Pin Game. Five conical cups, carved from caribou phalanges, which fit into one another. The cups are strung together on a double strand of babiche. One end of this double strand is tied to the tip of a caribou tail (?); the other is tied to a bone pin. |
Length | 29 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
Other Number | NA1208 incorrect - Collector Number | NA1708 probable - Collector Number |
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