Gaming Stone (‘ulumaika)

Culture: Hawaiian artist
Date: before 1976
Material: Basalt
associated with: Hawaii, United States, Oceania
Classification: Recreational objects, stone & mineral
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 1 3/8 x 2 9/16 in. (3.5 x 6.5 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 1513:1983

- 1976
Ancestral Arts, Honolulu, HI, USA

1976 - 1983
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Ancestral Arts [1]

1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May [2]

Notes:
[1] An invoice dated September 14, 1976 from Ancestral Arts to Morton D. May documents the purchase of this object, listed as "Miscellaneous stone artifacts from Moloka'i / bowling stone" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].

[2] Last Will and Testament of M. D. May dated June 11, 1982 [copy, May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 20, 1983.

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