Ball stick and ball
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- Culture/People
- Chickasaw
- Previous owner
- Lou Brown, Oklahoma Chickasaw
- Collector
- Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Object Name
- Ball stick and ball
- Media/Materials
- Wood, hide
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 71 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
- Object Type
- Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items
- Place
- Oklahoma; USA
- Collection History
- Collected from Lou Brown (Oklahoma Chickasaw) in 1910 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member), assisted by Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
- Catalog Number
- 2/8367
- Barcode
- 028367.000
- See related items
- Chickasaw
- 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