Cup & Pin Game

36983B

From: United States of America | Wyoming | Wind River Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 36983B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Arapaho
Provenience United States of America | Wyoming | Wind River Reservation
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Bone | Buckskin | Hoof | Feather | Metal
Description

Implement for game. Four phalangal bones, perforated laterally, with 2, 3, 4 and 5 transverse cuts. Three antelope hoofs at end opposite needle. Leather thong runs from hoofs, through bones and attached to needle.

Length 31 cm
Credit Line John Wanamaker Expedition, 1900; R. Stewart Culin, 1900
Other Number 38983 - Original Number

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