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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