Gambling Sticks with a Carved Head of a Wolf (gute)
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Gambling Sticks with a Carved Head of a Wolf (gute)
1952
Wood
Object
8 1/2 x 1/4 x 1/4 in. (21.59 x 0.635 x 0.635 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
54.E1.7
Acquisition Date:
1952
Geography:
North and Central America, United States, Alaska, Yakutat
Classification:
Toys and Games; Games
Culture/Nationality:
Tlingit, Northwest Coast Native American, Native American, North American
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
gambling*,
Native American*,
North American*,
Northwest Coast Native American styles*,
Tlingit,
woodcarving*
- gambling - Risking money or other valuable stakes on the outcome of contests or other events whose outcome involves chance and is thus uncertain.
- Native American - Typically reserved to refer narrowly to the cultures of the native peoples of the United States and Canada, excluding the Eskimos and Aleuts. For the indigenous peoples of Canada use the term "First Nations." For the broader concept of the cultures of any native peoples of Central America, South America, North America, or the West Indies who are considered to belong to the Mongoloid division of the human species, use "Amerindian (culture)."
- North American - Refers to the cultures of the continent of North America, which is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Circle, and Central America. In classifications schemes based on physical geography, Central America, and North America are parts of the same continent.
- Northwest Coast Native American styles - Styles belonging to Northwest Coast Native American cultures.
- Tlingit
- woodcarving - The art of fashioning or ornamenting objects of wood by cutting with a sharp implement.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Frederica de Laguna: At Home in the Arctic Bryn Mawr College , Oct 1, 2010 – Mar 31, 2013
- Frederica DeLaguna: Contributions of an American Anthropologist to the Bryn Mawr College Collections Bryn Mawr College , Apr 1, 1999 – Dec 15, 2003
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