Game consisting of 4 numbered and perforated bones, strung upon a sinew thread upon which beads are threaded. A long pin of iron wire is attached at one end.

Collection type: Object
Description: Game consisting of 4 numbered and perforated bones, strung upon a sinew thread upon which beads are threaded. A long pin of iron wire is attached at one end.
Long description: Object used in a game resembling ‘cup and ball’, and consisting of 4 numbered and perforated phalangeal bones of deer, strung upon a sinew thread upon which beads are threaded, at one end of the thread a long pin of iron wire is attached. [DCF Court Team 30/1/2003]
Geographical reference: United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America; Montana Tongue River
Person: Field collector G.H. Grosvenor; Field collector George Herbert Grosvenor; PRM source G.H. Grosvenor; PRM source George Herbert Grosvenor
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1912
Date collected: By 1912
Acquisition information: Donated: 26/04/1912
Materials and processes: Material Deer Bone Animal, Material Animal Sinew, Material Bead, Material Iron Metal, Process Perforated, Process Strung
Dimensions: Length: max 49 mm one bone
Object numbers: Accession number: 1912.16.1