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Game - wickerwork hoop and sending sticks
Game - wickerwork hoop and sending sticks
Object Number 30-69-10/K48
Display Title Game - wickerwork hoop and sending sticks
Descriptions
Object Description Game - wickerwork hoop and seven sending sticks; played by attempting to throw sticks through revolving hoop
Inventory Description Game, wood hoop with netted leather, 7 slender sticks
Classification
  • Recreational device
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / South Dakota?
North America / United States / North Dakota?
Additional Geographic Terms Standing Rock Agency
Materials Wood, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 105 x 5 x 4 cm (41 5/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 8
Label on object K48
Provenance
Collector James McLaughlin (1883 ca. (?))
Intermediary Mary T. Hemenway (1883 ca.)
Donor Old South Church of Boston (1930)

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