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Pair of stickball sticks with leather netting / Barney J. Leader

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Matchgame sticks of the type in which the whole stick is split in half and folded completely back on itself, forming a net at one end and a handle that is round in profile. The cup is netted and the stick is tied in four places with commercial leather lace in two colors.

Curatorial Remarks

The form of stickball sticks differ depending on the tribe that created them. Not Seminole.

Tags: stickball stick
People: Not Seminole, Muscogee (Creek)
Places: Southeast, Eastern Oklahoma
Purpose: ceremonial use, stickball games

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

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Title(s): 
Pair of stickball sticks with leather netting
Creator(s): 
Barney J. Leader (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; Seminole
Date: 
1999
Materials/Techniques: 
wood, hide
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Sticks
Accession No: 
84.3011a-b
Previous Number(s): 
TL1999.24.2; 84.3011 a-b; 84.3011
Department: 
Anthropology
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