Culture/People:

Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]  Search this

Previous owner:

David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973  Search this

Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-  Search this

Object Name:

Ball

Media/Materials:

Deerhide/deerskin

Techniques:

Fringed

Object Type:

Games, Toys, Gambling

Place:

Kansas; USA

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973); acquired by MAI in 1968 through an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by the Rockefeller family), which purchased Vernon's entire collection in 1965.

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Catalog Number:

24/2273

Barcode:

242273.000

See related items:

Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]

Games, Toys, Gambling

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws606a4e3b3-c864-478a-9cb6-80889060da91

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_257969