Ball
37609
From: United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Ta-Pa |
| Object Number | 37609 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Yankton | Dakota | Sioux |
| Provenience | United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation |
| Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Buckskin | Bead |
| Description | Ball sewn from two pieces of buckskin and stuffed with horsehair. There is a 1cm-diameter hole in the ball, near the seam. The ball is weighted so that it will always roll back to the same resting position. Used in women's game of shinny ball. |
| Outside Diameter | 6.35 cm |
| Credit Line | John Wanamaker Expedition, 1900; R. Stewart Culin, 1900 |
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