Prehistoric discoidal “Chunkey” game
| Description: |
Chunkey is a game of skill that was played by many Native American groups in the United States. Two players would throw long slender poles at a smooth stone disk that was rolling on the ground. The player’s pole closest to where the stone disk stopped would win the game. |
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| Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/561 |
| Collection: |
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
This file is licensed under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. |
| Subjects: |
Indians of North America Indians of North America -- Games Games |
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