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Culture/People
Mississippi Choctaw
Artist/Maker
Bob Henry, Mississippi Choctaw
IACB source
Choctaw Craft Association (Choctaw Craft Association)
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
Object Name
Ball
Media/Materials
Commercially tanned leather, cotton cloth, twine/string
Techniques
Wrapped, wicker-plaited
Dimensions
4.8 x 4.7 cm
Object Type
Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items
Place
Bogue Chitto Community, Choctaw Reservation; Neshoba County, Kemper County; Mississippi; USA
Date created
1965
Collection History
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Choctaw Craft Association (Philadelphia, Mississippi) in 1965; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
Catalog Number
25/6165
Barcode
256165.000
See related items
Mississippi Choctaw
Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
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