Gaming Tray
46-6-95A
From: United States of America | North Carolina | Qualla Boundary | Big Cove
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 46-6-95A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cherokee |
Provenience | United States of America | North Carolina | Qualla Boundary | Big Cove |
Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Oak |
Technique | Twilled |
Description | twilled oak splints. Basket of white oak splints; twilled weave. Shallow, square. "For basket game, used with 6 "dice" of wood, halves of butter beans, or large grains of corn scorched on one side. Salvaged by Will West Long, of Big Cove, from loft of house in Big Cove. Native name - "flat"). |
Height | 9 cm |
Length | 44.5 cm |
Width | 42 cm |
Credit Line | Cherokee Expedition; Frank G. Speck and John G. Witthoft, 1946 |
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