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North America, Midwest / Eastern United States, Late Prehistoric Mississippian culture, ca. 1350 to 1700 CE. A river cobble fashioned and sanded into a smooth, round-edged disc, a discoidal - a game piece - of the style known as the "Tennessee double cup," which was popular in, unsurprisingly, what is now Tennessee. The piece has shallow wells sanded into its top and bottom. It was used to play the game of "chunkey," which had many different rules and styles of play. This discoidal would have been a treasured item, and could have been used for several generations. Size: 3.5" in diameter x 1.875" H (8.9 cm x 4.8 cm)

Provenance: private Vaught collection, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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  • Condition: Light surface pitting. Nice and intact, with smoothing to surface from wear and handling.

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