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Fir wood knot ball and "cross" stick. Stick is attached to ball with a thong.
Fir wood knot ball and "cross" stick. Stick is attached to ball with a thong.
Object Number 15-36-10/86421
Display Title Fir wood knot ball and "cross" stick. Stick is attached to ball with a thong.
Descriptions
Object Description Fir wood knot ball and "cross" stick. Stick is attached to ball with a thong.
Inventory Description Ball and stick, wood, connected with leather thong
Classification
  • Sports equipment
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Wood, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 7.7 x 7.1 x 7.6 cm (3 1/16 x 2 13/16 x 3 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86421
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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