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Dice/Die  (Games, Toys, Gambling)  "AD 1000-1880"

Courtesy of National Museum of the American Indian



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Time Period:

1000-1880

Materials:

Ivory

Techniques:

Carved, incised

Dimensions:

6 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm

Cultures:

American Indians, Arctic, Native Americans, North America, Western Arctic, Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik), Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik) [St. Lawrence Island], Yup'ik (Yupik Eskimo)

Site Name:

Saint Lawrence Island

County:

Bering Straits Native Corporation

State:

Alaska

Island Name:

Saint Lawrence Island

Archipelago:

Bering Sea Islands

Country:

USA

Collection History:

Collected by Arnold Liebes (1889-1957, a San Francisco furrier who did business in Alaska); acquired by MAI in 1923.

Source ID:

NMAI_132476

Catalog Number:

12/4071

Album Name:

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