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Object Number 09-8-10/75128
Display Title Ball for shinny
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ball, oval, stuffed, beaded design 2 sides,
Classification
  • Sports equipment
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Plains Cree
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Montana
Additional Geographic Terms Havre, Vicinity of
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 8.5 x 7 cm (3 15/16 x 3 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75128
Provenance
Collector Rev. J. W. Millar (1896 - ?)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (? - 1909)

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