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Dakota bone and pin game
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| Description | Game of dexterity based on the cup-and-ball principle and consisting of three main parts. At one end are six triangular bone targets tinted red, each worth different point values. At the other end is a long dark gray metal pin with a pointed end and an eye on the opposite end. Connecting the eye of the pin and the bones is a leather thong. Collected at either at the Lower Brule Indian Agency, Lower Brule, South Dakota or the Crow Creek Indian Agency, Fort Thompson, South Dakota. |
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| Quantity | 1 item |
| Format | Content Category: artifacts |
| Measurements | 23 inches length 1 inch diameter |
| Nomenclature | Game piece (game element) |
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Used at: Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota Used at: Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota Used by Dakota Indians Collected in Lower Brule, Lyman County, South Dakota, United States Collected in Fort Thompson, Buffalo County, South Dakota, United States Dakota Indians--Games Indian. Recreation. Games. Traditional |
| Dates | Creation: Approximately 1900 |
| Holding Type | 3D Objects |
| ID Number | 9492.15 |