Playing cards

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Date created: circa 1880

Culture/People: Diné (Navajo)
Collector: Dr. Washington Matthews, Non-Indian, 1843-1905
Previous owner: Dr. Washington Matthews, Non-Indian, 1843-1905
Presenter/funding source: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935

Collection History: Collected by Dr. Washington Matthews (1843-1905, a US Army surgeon and ethnographer), probably between 1880 and 1894 when he was stationed at Fort Wingate, New Mexico; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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Place: New Mexico; USA

See related items: Diné (Navajo); Games, Toys, Gambling

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 5/1547
Barcode: 051547.000

Object Type: Games, Toys, Gambling

Object Name: Playing cards
Media/Materials: Paper
Techniques: Painted
Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.8 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ebc4e23e-2e8e-4d30-8b54-0091f946ab48

Record ID: NMAI_55601