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Datec. 1875
MediumMoosehide pouch with ivory containing 58 wooden pegs with paint
DimensionsOverall (unfolded): 25 × 6 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (63.5 × 17.1 × 7 cm)
Other (folded): 5 5/16 × 6 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (13.5 × 17.1 × 7 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.503.1-59
Not on view
DescriptionLeather pouch with 58 wooden sticks. This bag contains polished wooden pegs used in the most popular and widely distributed gambling game played by tribes on the Northwest Coast.
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2011
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.);
1985
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Wonderful Heroes, Fearsome Creatures," November 2 - December 14, 1985 (cat. no. 48, illus. 40).
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.);
1985
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Wonderful Heroes, Fearsome Creatures," November 2 - December 14, 1985 (cat. no. 48, illus. 40).
Provenance
1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
Published References
WONDERFUL HEROES FEARSOME CREATURES: ART OF THE NORTHWEST COAST (exh. cat. Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1985), 40, illus. 40.
Inscribed
Inscribed in black ink on verso of ivory toggle: NANW 42
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Moosehide pouch containing 43 wooden pegs with paint
Object number: 1984.502.1-44
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Date: 19th century
Medium: Ivory, wood, metal
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Jean Mohr
Date: c. 1960s
Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.219
Unknown artist, American
Date: 1959
Medium: Vintage United Press International Telephoto with airbrushing
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Date: c. 1877
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André Kneib
Date: 2007
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Object number: 2008.8
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Medium: Black brush and tusch lithograph on ivory wove paper
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Unknown artist
Date: 1st century
Medium: Ivory (?) on stone
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Louis Naranjo
Date: c. 1980 - 1997
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