Ball

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Culture/People: Mississippi Choctaw
Previous owner: Bill Bob, Mississippi Choctaw
Collector: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971

Collection History: Collected from Bill Bob (Mississippi Choctaw) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Place: Neshoba County and Scott County; Mississippi; USA

See related items: Mississippi Choctaw; Games, Toys, Gambling

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/8849
Barcode: 018849.000

Object Type: Games, Toys, Gambling
Indigenous Term: to wa

Object Name: Ball
Media/Materials: Hide
Techniques: Sewn
Dimensions: 5.6 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69a096507-03d4-46a5-a168-7630c6272f4d

Record ID: NMAI_19997