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Catalog Data

Culture/People:
Mississippi Choctaw  Search this
Previous owner:
Bill Bob, Mississippi Choctaw  Search this
Collector:
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971  Search this
Object Name:
Ball
Media/Materials:
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Techniques:
Sewn
Dimensions:
5.6 cm
Object Type:
Games, Toys, Gambling
Indigenous Term:
to wa
Place:
Neshoba County and Scott County; Mississippi; USA
Collection History:
Collected from Bill Bob (Mississippi Choctaw) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Catalog Number:
1/8849
Barcode:
018849.000
See related items:
Mississippi Choctaw
Games, Toys, Gambling
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69a096507-03d4-46a5-a168-7630c6272f4d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_19997