Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by Maggie Barney (Zow-Kish-Ko-Quah/Mrs. Paul Whitefish, Potawatomi, ca. 1862-1938); acquired from her in Kansas by Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973) at an unknown date; acquired by MAI in 1968 through an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by the Rockefeller family), which purchased Vernon's entire collection in 1965.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Potawatomi
- Previous owner
- Maggie Barney (Zow-Kish-Ko-Quah/Mrs. Bill Barney/Mrs. Paul Whitefish), Potawatomi, ca. 1862-1938
- Collector
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Previous owner
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
- Date created
- 1850-1900
- Object Name
- Gambling bowl and dice
- Media/Materials
- Wood, animal bone, pigment/pigments
- Techniques
- Carved, colored
- Object Type
- Games, Toys, Gambling
