Ball stick

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Culture/People
Mississippi Choctaw
Artist/Maker
John Bell, Mississippi Choctaw
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual (Qualla Arts & Crafts Cooperative/Qualla Arts & Crafts Coop/Qualla Crafts), 1946-
Object Name
Ball stick
Media/Materials
Hickory wood, commercially tanned leather, metal nails
Techniques
Carved, bent, nailed, looped, tied
Dimensions
67.7 x 10.5 x 5.1 cm
Object Type
Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items
Place
Conehatta Community, Choctaw Reservation; Newton County; Mississippi; USA
Date created
1964
Collection History
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1964; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
Catalog Number
25/6173
Barcode
256173.000
See related items
Mississippi Choctaw
Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
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