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Painted wooden stick dice with a parfleche bag / Native American; Plains

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Wooden sticks with grooves decorated with pigment and designs burned into the wood. These fit into a parfleche bag painted with geometric designs. These were used in a type of dice game.

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Title(s): 
Painted wooden stick dice with a parfleche bag
Culture: 
Native American; Plains
Date: 
late 19th century
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Great Plains, United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
rawhide, semi-tanned skin, wood, paint, sinew
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Game Sticks and Case
Accession No: 
84.1088a-i
Previous Number(s): 
84.1088 a-i
Department: 
Anthropology
Collection: 
Kravis Discovery Center
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