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Skin ball stuffed with grass, decorated with diamond and circle patterns.
Skin ball stuffed with grass, decorated with diamond and circle patterns.
Object Number 36-73-10/6162
Display Title Skin ball stuffed with grass, decorated with diamond and circle patterns.
Descriptions
Object Description Skin ball stuffed with grass, decorated with diamond-shaped patterns made by lacing narrow pieces of dark brown skin in and out of slits; circle in center of pattern. Used in game.
Inventory Description Ball, hide, beige/brown, dot/diamond motif, stuffed with vegetable fiber, torn
Classification
  • Sports equipment
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Hide, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 11.5 x 10 x 9.5 cm (4 1/2 x 3 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-73-10/6162
Provenance
Collector General George Crook (01/01/1886-01/01/1900)
Donor Raymond Emerson (06/26/1936 or 04/14/1937)

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