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Object Number 05-7-10/64446
Display Title Buckskin shinney ball
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ball, 2 lines alternate red and blue beaded design, loop handle
Classification
  • Ball
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Arapaho?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Plains
Dimensions Overall: 12.5 x 9.5 x 6 cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64446
Provenance
Intermediary Grace A. Nicholson (?)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (January, 1905)

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