Dice

22575

From: New Mexico | Zuni Pueblo

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 22575
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Zuni
Provenience New Mexico | Zuni Pueblo
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Cane (plant)
Description

Four stick dice made from halved cane reeds. Each die has the same pattern of painted lines at either one end, both ends, in the center, or in all three positions. The pattern is of two curved lines facing another set of two curved lines connected by a short, longitudinal line. The reverse of each die is painted black with one painted entirely, one painted at both ends, one painted at one end, and one painted only in the center.

Credit Line Southwest Expedition; R. Stewart Culin; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902

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