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Pair of wooden stickball sticks with leather netting / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

These were used for stickball games in the Southeast.

Tags: stickball stick, wood, game
People: Southeast
Places: Southeast, Eastern Oklahoma
Purpose: ceremonial use

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Pair of wooden stickball sticks with leather netting
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Muscogee (Creek)
Date: 
19th century - 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
wood, hide
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Stickball Sticks
Accession No: 
73.241a-b
Previous Number(s): 
7326.241 a-b
Department: 
Anthropology
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