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Cotton football for games / Linda Harjo

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Curatorial Remarks

This may have been used in a type of field hockey.

Tags: cotton, football, grey
People: Euchee
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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Anthropology Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

Cotton football for games

Creator(s):

Linda Harjo (Artist)

Culture:

Native American; Euchee

Date:

1997

Materials/Techniques:

cotton

Classification:

Ethnographic Objects

Object Type:

Credit Line:

Purchased with funds gifted by the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Community Folklife Program

Accession No:

94.67

Previous Number(s):

tl1997.39; 25281

Department:

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Width: 6 1/2in. (16.5cm)
Depth: 3 1/4in. (8.3cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Role(s):

Artist

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

ball, ball games, ceremony, competition, competitions, Convergence of Native Cultures in Northeast Oklahoma: Connecting Ancient to Modern, cotton, Euchee, Football, game, gray (color), Native American, Oklahoma, soft, sport, sports

Cite this Page

Harjo, Linda. Cotton football for games. 94.67. 1997. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/9467 (12/14/2018).

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