Your email was forwarded to me as a specialist in Plains material culture.
You are right in that practically nothing is published or known about these
baskets. We may have a few such gambling baskets scattered thruout the
Plains collections and I think it would be advisable for you to look at them
across the northern plains as you may have better luck finding some. I can
not remember where I have seen some in our collection and don't have the
time to go look for them. I am not sure that the baskets were actually made
by the Lakota but may have been acquired from the riverine tribes. It's an
interesting project because there is so little known about them.

>>> Edward Jolie <[log in to unmask]> 05/04/00 10:00AM >>>
Hello,
  I am a junior anthropology major and student of Dr.
J. M. Adovasio's here at the R. L. Andrews Center for
Perishables Analysis at Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA.
I am posting this message in search of any and all
information pertaining to coiled gambling baskets of
the Great Plains.  I am preparing to next year do my
senior project on coiled gambling baskets, based on an
Oglala Lakota one that has been in my family for many
generations.  Any information that could be provided
about coiled gambling baskets would be appreciated.
Especially helpful would be copies of formal
descriptions of any baskets in your museum's
possession and their respective provenience data.  I
have found that little literature exists on the
subject, and it is my wish to obtain a better
understanding of their origin, while possibly
documenting how to play the game.  Further, I hope
this study will help reveal information about the
arrival of coiled basketry on the Great Plains. Thanks
in advance for any help.
-Edward Jolie

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Edward A. Jolie
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Analyst, RL Andrews Center for Perishables Analysis,
Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute,
Mercyhurst College
501 E. 38 St. Box J1338 - Erie, PA 16546
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