Bone Game

37566

From: Montana | Fort Belknap

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Tsail-Ku-Sha
Object Number 37566
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Gros Ventre
Provenience Montana | Fort Belknap
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Bone | Buckskin | Bead | Metal
Description

Four knuckle bones, each with incised lines. Attached to a buckskin cord, a piece of metal wire is attached to one end of the cord. Series of beaded threads are attached to the opposite end.

Credit Line John Wanamaker Expedition, 1900; George A. Dorsey, 1900

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