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Object Number 993-20-10/71136
Display Title Ball for Stickball
Descriptions
Object Description Ball for stickball; interlaced leather strips over core. 4.6 cm dia.
Inventory Description Ball, woven leather
Classification
  • Sports equipment
Department Ethnographic
Date Late 20th century
Culture
  • Choctaw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Mississippi / Neshoba County / Philadelphia
Materials Leather
Dimensions Overall: 4.7 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm (1 7/8 x 1 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-20-10/71136
Provenance
Collector Kenneth H. Carleton (01/01/1993-02/01/1993)

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