Astragalus bone
Description:
Ankle or knucklebone from a sheep used in games. The piece of bone has had a lead weight attached or inserted,and it appears that each side may have been weighted. Jacks or Knuckle bones is a game still played today,using five bones or bone-like pieces. Alternatively,another game involved marking number on the bones and using them like dice.
Details
- Title:
- Astragalus bone
- Collection:
- Macquarie University History Museum
- Url:
- https://mq.pedestal3d.com/r/FLNTWvw349
- Tags:
- Fields:
- Ancient History (Year 11 & 12)
- Accession
- MU4492
- Material/s
- Bone
- Dimensions
- 19.57mm (l) x 29.72mm (w) x 17.54mm (d)
- Classification
- Bone