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Indians gambling on a Puget Sound beach, ca. 1884
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| Title | Indians gambling on a Puget Sound beach, ca. 1884 |
| Photographer | King, C.E. |
| Studio Name | C.E. & Hattie King |
| Studio Location | United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma |
| Date | ca. 1884 |
| Notes | Gambling was a popular pastime among the various Native American tribes of the Pacific Northwest coast and interior. One of the many games, called the bone game, or slahal, was often played between villages. A team member held up his hands, each of which contained a small bone, and the people on the opposite team tried to guess if a marked bone was in the right or left hand. Slahal stakes were often high, and the games might last for hours.
In this photo, taken sometime before Washington became a state in 1889, Puget Sound Indians play the bone game near their beached canoes. The two teams sit opposite one another in the sand. Some team members hold sticks which are used for scoring and for keeping up a rhythmic beat.
Caption on image: "Indians gambling, Puget Sound, W.T." ; "Washington Territory and Oregon Views."
Part of series entitled: "Washington Territory and Oregon Views"
C.E. King started his career in the Tacoma police in Washington Territory in the 1880s. He and his wife Hattie photographed scenes in the Tacoma area from the late 1880s to 1901. (Tacoma Daily News, May 7, 1898, p.4; Carl Mautz, Biographies of Western Photographers, p. 499.) |
| Subjects | Gambling--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region; Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--Social life |
| Location Depicted | Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region |
| Object Type | Albumen prints |
| Physical Description | Albumen print |
| Negative Number | SHS 3488 |
| Digital Collection | American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Images
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| Collection | Seattle Historical Society Collection |
| Repository | Museum of History and Industry, Seattle
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions see:
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/ordering.php
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| Restrictions | http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/copyrights.html |
| Transmission Data | Image/JPEG |
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