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Culture/People
Southeast
Artist/Maker
120th Engineer Combat Battalion
Donor
Sergeant Debra K. Mooney, Choctaw Nation Of Oklahoma
120th Engineer Combat Battalion
Previous owner
120th Engineer Combat Battalion
Object Name
Ball stick
Media/Materials
Wood, nylon cord, metal wire, adhesive tape
Techniques
Carved, laced, wrapped
Dimensions
64.88 x 8 x 3.6 cm
Object Type
Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items
Place
Al Fallujah; Al Anbar Province; Iraq
Date created
2004
Collection History
Made by members of the U.S. Army's 120th Engineer Combat Battalion (headquartered in Okmulgee, Oklahoma) and used during their Al Taqaddum Inter-Tribal Powwow, September 17-18, 2004, in Al Taqaddum, Iraq. Donated to NMAI by Battalion members and their chaplain, Sergeant Debra K. Mooney (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), in 2005.