Game Pieces

41841

From: Alaska | Point Barrow

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name In-U-Gah
Object Number 41841
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Point Barrow
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Seal Bone
Description

Set of 25 metatarsal bones of the seal (5 sets from as many sets of flippers) employed in a game called in-u-gah.

Credit Line E. A. McIlhenny Expedition to Point Barrow, 1899
Other Number 591 - Field No SF

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