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Ball for common ball game. Buckskin cover. Stuffed with milkweed down.
Ball for common ball game. Buckskin cover. Stuffed with milkweed down.
Object Number 15-36-10/86420
Display Title Ball for common ball game. Buckskin cover. Stuffed with milkweed down.
Descriptions
Object Description Ball for common ball game. Buckskin cover. Stuffed with milkweed down.
Inventory Description Game, leather ball, stuffed with milkweed down.
Classification
  • Game
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Leather
Dimensions Overall: 8.3 x 7.4 x 5.7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 15/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86420
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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