Dice

22581

From: New Mexico

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 22581
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pueblo | Zuni
Provenience New Mexico
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Cane (plant)
Description

Four stick dice made from halved cane reeds. Each die has the same pattern of four, diagonal, painted lines at either one end, both ends, in the center, or in all three positions. One die has five lines in the center, rather than four. The reverse of each die is painted black with one painted entirely, one painted at both ends, one painted at one end, and one painted only in the center.

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

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