Small leather ball used with the ball sticks in the ball game / Unknown

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Small leather ball used with the ball sticks in the ball game.

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Small leather ball used with the ball sticks in the ball game

Creator(s):

Unknown

Culture:

Native American; Muscogee (Creek)

Date:

19th century - 20th century

Period:

Historic

Place:

Oklahoma, United States of America

Materials/Techniques:

leather

Dimensions:

Overall: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

Classification:

Ethnographic Objects

Object Type:

Game Ball

Credit Line:

Gift of Margarita McCombs

Accession No:

84.2288

Previous Number(s):

TL1982

Department:

Anthropology

Collection:

Kravis Discovery Center

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Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

competition, competitions, Convergence of Native Cultures in Northeast Oklahoma: Connecting Ancient to Modern, event, game, games, Indian, Indians, Native American, Oklahoma, rituals (events), sport, stickball

Unknown. Small leather ball used with the ball sticks in the ball game. 84.2288. Kravis Discovery Center. 19th century - 20th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/842288 (09/19/2018).

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