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Painted playing card on rawhide

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Curatorial Remarks

Tags: painted playing card, hide
People: Western Apache
Places: Southwestern, Arizona, New Mexico
Purpose: social events, recreational activities

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Painted playing card on rawhide
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Culture: 
Native American; Apache, Western (artist and user)
Date: 
19th century
Materials/Techniques: 
paint, rawhide
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Playing Card
Accession No: 
89.171
Previous Number(s): 
8936.171; 30810
Department: 
Anthropology
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