Cup & Pin Game

70-9-497

From: Canada | Quebec (uncertain) | Newfoundland (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Title Cup & Pin Game
Object Number 70-9-497
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Naskapi
Provenience Canada | Quebec (uncertain) | Newfoundland (uncertain)
Culture Area Subarctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Caribou Bone | Babiche | Fur (uncertain)
Description

Cup & Pin Game. Five conical cups, carved from caribou phalanges, which fit into one another. The cups are strung together on a double strand of babiche. One end of this double strand is tied to the tip of a caribou tail (?); the other is tied to a bone pin.

Length 29 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970
Other Number NA1208 incorrect - Collector Number | NA1708 probable - Collector Number

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