Hair plume worn by ball players
- Date created
- circa 1905
- Culture/People
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Previous owner
- Sherman Taylor, Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1882-1943
- Key Washington, Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Betty Toineeta, Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Jennie Arch, Eastern Band of Cherokee, cs. 1835-ca. 1915
- Collector
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Collection History
- Items in this set were collected from several Eastern Band of Cherokee individuals (Sherman Taylor, Key Washington, Jennie Arch, and Betty Toineeta) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Place
- Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Jackson County and Swain County; North Carolina; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 1/8992
- Barcode
- 018992.001
- Object Type
- Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items
- Indigenous Term
- a ti L us ti'n
- Object Name
- Hair plume worn by ball players
- Media/Materials
- Eagle feather/feathers, twine/string
- Techniques
- Tied
- Dimensions
- 15 x 2.5 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_20374