Yoke fragment (ball-game accessory)

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Date created: 2500 BC-AD 1500

Culture/People: possibly Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
MAI agent: Frank D. Utley (F.D. Utley/Frank Dinsmore Utley), Non-Indian, 1874-1943

Collection History: Collection history unknown; acquired from an unknown source in Puerto Rico in 1905 by Frank D. Utley (1874-1943, MAI staff member) during a collecting trip sponsored by George Heye.
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Place: Near Jobo; Indian ball ground; Jobo; Utuado Municipality; 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

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 3708
Barcode: 003708.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Object Name: Yoke fragment (ball-game accessory)
Media/Materials: Stone
Techniques: Pecked, carved, ground

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws693b41eeb-6cff-430c-a93b-0edd08e7ef3c

Record ID: NMAI_3945