Marble (Game)
46-6-151C
From: United States of America | North Carolina | Asheville
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 46-6-151C |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cherokee |
| Provenience | United States of America | North Carolina | Asheville |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Quartzite |
| Description | John Witthodt's notes: "Judging from my field notes, these are a recent substitution for the split butter beans or scorched corn grains used in the Cherokee settlements of Birdtown, Painttown, and Wolftown. The wooden dice are used only in Big Cove and only be some individuals ... Native name (dice) plural full form |
| Credit Line | Cherokee Expedition; Frank G. Speck and John G. Witthoft, 1946 |
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