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Date
1972 – 1974
Material
bone; sinew; antler
Catalogue Number
108.01.0009
Description
Stocky bone with ball socket at either end, three holes drilled into one end, small, pointed antler has been attached by sinew to large bone. "Canada Eskimo Art" and $12.00" stickers removed, also label in Catharine's writing saying "game 1974 from Resolute Bay or originally Pond Inlet.
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Title
Bone Game
Date
1972 – 1974
Material
bone; sinew; antler
Dimensions
6.0 x 8.0 x 16.5 cm
Description
Stocky bone with ball socket at either end, three holes drilled into one end, small, pointed antler has been attached by sinew to large bone. "Canada Eskimo Art" and $12.00" stickers removed, also label in Catharine's writing saying "game 1974 from Resolute Bay or originally Pond Inlet.
Subject
households
pastime
entertainment
Inuit
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
108.01.0009
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Date
1965 – 1970
Material
bone; skin; metal
Catalogue Number
108.01.0010
Description
Hollowed out chicken or phalanguel bones, drilled, through with multiple holes. A buckskin cord passes through bone shafts. Button at one end keeps bones on cord, other end of cord attached to metal skewer stick. One of five bones broken but still functions.
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Title
Bone Game
Date
1965 – 1970
Material
bone; skin; metal
Dimensions
2.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
Hollowed out chicken or phalanguel bones, drilled, through with multiple holes. A buckskin cord passes through bone shafts. Button at one end keeps bones on cord, other end of cord attached to metal skewer stick. One of five bones broken but still functions.
Subject
Indigenous
pastime
entertainment
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
108.01.0010
Images
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Date
1910 – 1930
Material
bone; quill; skin; feather
Catalogue Number
108.01.1001
Description
A Stoney bone game consisting of 5 bones and a quill. Quill sides are cut flat, pointed, notched (1.5 cm from the end) with a narrow rawhide tied in notch. Five hollow bones, shaped with 4 sides and 3 circular holes in each side. The rawhide goes through bones end to end. The end of the rawhide str…
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Title
Bone Game
Date
1910 – 1930
Material
bone; quill; skin; feather
Description
A Stoney bone game consisting of 5 bones and a quill. Quill sides are cut flat, pointed, notched (1.5 cm from the end) with a narrow rawhide tied in notch. Five hollow bones, shaped with 4 sides and 3 circular holes in each side. The rawhide goes through bones end to end. The end of the rawhide string has a notched and punched rawhide rosette and a red punched wool rosette with a piece of feather to act as a stopper.
Subject
entertainment
games
Indigenous, Stoney
Credit
Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1970
Catalogue Number
108.01.1001
Images
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