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RARE Northern Plains Bone Gambling Game
Lot 526

RARE Northern Plains Bone Gambling Game

Estimate: $200 - $300
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This is a Northern Plains pin and bone gambling game made from deer bones with a beaded end from the 20th-century. The game goes by many names include the Cup and Pin Game of the Oglala Sioux, Rings and Pins called Tashea from the Assiniboine, ring and pins called Tasiha unpi from the Sioux, rings and sticks called netohenestotse from the Northern Cheyenne, a game with ring and sticks called Tsikonai ikoshnikia ring from the Zuni, ball an pin from the Ojibwe, knuckle bone game from the Plains, as well as hoof and pin from the Plains. This is likely the ring and pin game from the Sioux (Oglala or Lakota) called Tasiha unpi which shows phalangeal bones of deer with beaded end and long needle, an illustration from the Montana Office of Public Instruction Indian Education For All paper is included for reference. This example shows an Indian tanned hide strand with seven deer bones with carving showing a multistrand of colorful glass trade seed beadwork on one end and a long pointy green needle tied on the other end. Measures overall 47-inches long.

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