The ghost gamble
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834719
Item data
Title
The ghost gamble
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Burial customs - American Indian
Names
T. Sinclair & Son (Lithographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1881
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC BURI - Ame
Subjects
Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites
Gambling
Indians of North America -- Games
Tipis -- Great Plains -- 1800-1899
Dakota Indians -- Structures -- Great Plains -- 1800-1899
Dakota Indians -- Women -- Great Plains -- 1800-1899
Funeral rites & ceremonies
Genres
Notes
Content: From "A further contribution to the study of the mortuary customs of the North American Indians" by H.C. Yarrow. Extracted from U. S. Bureau of American Ethnology. First annual report, 1879-80.
Source Note: From Reports and serial publications, as well as unbound and ephemeral material. [s.n.]) Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology., Author.
Content: Sioux women gambling for the effects of deceased person. Game is played with plum stones.
Physical Description
Lithographs
Extent: 14 x 20cm
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17261466
Barcode: 33333159463757
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e2d53a80-c53c-012f-d2ff-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1881
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APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1881). The ghost gamble Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e2d53a80-c53c-012f-d2ff-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The ghost gamble" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e2d53a80-c53c-012f-d2ff-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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