Ball stick
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Coushatta (Koasati)
- Previous owner
- Robert Batiste (Robert Batisti), Coushatta (Koasati)
- Eliza Batiste, Coushatta (Koasati)
- Collector
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Object Name
- Ball stick
- Media/Materials
- Wood, hide
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items
- Native Term
- sto ka'
- Place
- Near Elton; Elton; Jefferson Davis Parish; Louisiana; USA
- Collection History
- Collected from Robert Batiste (Coushatta) and Eliza Batiste (Coushatta) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
- Catalog Number
- 1/8475
- Barcode
- 018475.000
- See related items
- Coushatta (Koasati)
- Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement