Divination Bone
31-7-169
From: Canada | Quebec | Lake St. John
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31-7-169 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Montagnais |
| Provenience | Canada | Quebec | Lake St. John |
| Culture Area | Subarctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Moose Vertebra |
| Description | Thrown up to ascertain sex of child to be born. If the side which I have numbered is uppermost, the child is a girl; if the other side is on top, it is a boy. |
| Height | 8 cm |
| Length | 11.5 cm |
| Width | 8.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Frank G. Speck, 1931 |
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