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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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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: 
Football
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: 
Anthropology
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