Divination Bone

31-7-169

From: Canada | Quebec | Lake St. John

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31-7-169
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Montagnais
Provenience Canada | Quebec | Lake St. John
Culture Area Subarctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Moose Vertebra
Description

Thrown up to ascertain sex of child to be born. If the side which I have numbered is uppermost, the child is a girl; if the other side is on top, it is a boy.

Height 8 cm
Length 11.5 cm
Width 8.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Frank G. Speck, 1931

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