Ring and Pin Game

Ring and Pin Game

Ring and Pin Game

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Introduction

Ring and Pin game from the Peter Jones collection

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Date Made or Date Range: Before 1844
Materials

bone (?), wood, hide

Techniques or Format

nine cup shaped elements stacked and strung on a hide thong attached to a wooden pine through a hole in its wide part

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E178387-0
GKS Reference Number: 25312
Record Creation Context

Visit to the Smithsonian by Ruth Phillips July 9 2010

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184