Cup and pin game

Date created
circa 1913
Culture/People
Hunkpapa Lakota [Standing Rock]
Collector
Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957
Seller
Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957
Collection History
Collected by ethnologist and ethnomusicologist Frances Densmore (1867-1957) in 1913 or 1914; purchased by MAI from Frances Densmore in 1917.
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Place
Standing Rock Reservation; Corson County; South Dakota; USA
See related items
Hunkpapa Lakota [Standing Rock]
Games, Toys, Gambling
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
6/7969
Barcode
067969.000
Object Type
Games, Toys, Gambling
Object Name
Cup and pin game
Media/Materials
Deer bone/bones, metal ring, metal pin/pins, hide thong/babiche, glass bead/beads, twine/string
Techniques
Strung
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws60a5085dd-992a-4c2e-af70-5fde367cd066
Record ID
NMAI_73262