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Gambling Pieces

Datec. 1880
DimensionsOverall (With flap open): 6 × 2 × 17 in. (15.2 × 5.1 × 43.2 cm) Overall (Each stick): 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Object numberT0721
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
ProvenanceAlton L. Dickerman, Colorado Springs, Colorado, ca. 1883; Miss Foster B. Dickerman, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Alice Bemis Taylor, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1928; Taylor Museum (4949), Colorado Springs, Colorado
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.351.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 439.
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Gambling Pieces
Tlingit
c. 1880
Gambling Mat or Board
Tlingit
c. 1775
Bowl and Game Pieces
Anishinaabe (Ojibwa)
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Mask
Tlingit
1820-1850
Canoe Model
Mary Kooyik (Mani Kueyik)
1847-1854
Miniature Figure
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
1790-1800
Belt
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c. 1800
Dance Stick
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1880
Club
Yanktonai Sioux
c. 1880
Headdress
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Dolls
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
c. 1870-1880
Bag with powderhorn
Possibly Chipewyan-Metis or Slavey
c. 1865-1870

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