Thirty gambling sticks

Currently not on view

Thirty gambling sticks,

before 1885

Gitxsan
PU 5453

Information

Title
Thirty gambling sticks
Dates

before 1885

Medium
Bone
Dimensions
each: h. 12.0 cm., diam. 0.6 cm. (4 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5453
Place Collected

North America, Canada, British Columbia

North America, in or near Gitanmaax

Culture
Native American, Gitksan
Type
gambling, games, sticks, toys (recreational artifacts)
Materials
bone
Subject
game pieces (game elements)

Collected by Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, in or after 1877; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1882-1885

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