Yoke (ball-game accessory)

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Date created: AD 1200-1500

Culture/People: probably Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
MAI agent: Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (J. Walter Fewkes), Non-Indian, 1850-1930
Seller: Felix Seijo (José Felix Seijo), Non-Indian, 1879-ca. 1950
Previous owner: Felix Seijo (José Felix Seijo), Non-Indian, 1879-ca. 1950

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of José Felix Seijo (1879-ca. 1950), a Puerto Rican coffee farmer, census taker, judge, and collector; purchased from Felix Seijo in 1912 by Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850-1930, an anthropologist with the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology who worked in the Caribbean) while acting on behalf of George Heye.
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Place: Puerto Rico
Archipelago: Greater Antilles
Island Name: Puerto Rico
Geographical Areas: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)

See related items: Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture); Sculpture/Carving/Figures
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Mesoamerica & Circum Caribbean

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 3/2005
Barcode: 032005.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Object Name: Yoke (ball-game accessory)
Media/Materials: Stone
Techniques: Pecked, ground, carved, incised, polished
Dimensions: 55 x 41 x 10.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws644eb14ea-cbc1-4dc4-acd7-538d3269c430

Record ID: NMAI_34017