Stick Dice

22591

From: New Mexico | Zuni Pueblo

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 22591
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pueblo | Zuni
Provenience New Mexico | Zuni Pueblo
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood
Description

Four wooden stick dice (1 set). All four are painted black with unpainted, incised lines forming patterns. Three die have "X" marks incised across the entire length with dots between each "X". One die has multiple diagonal lines and triangles incised giving the appearance of a large set of zigzags across the length.

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

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