Ball stick

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Date created: 1964

Culture/People: Mississippi Choctaw
Artist/Maker: John Bell, Mississippi Choctaw
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source: Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual (Qualla Arts & Crafts Cooperative/Qualla Arts & Crafts Coop/Qualla Crafts), 1946-

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1964; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place: Conehatta Community, Choctaw Reservation; Newton County; Mississippi; USA

See related items: Mississippi Choctaw; Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/6173
Barcode: 256173.000

Object Type: Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items

Object Name: Ball stick
Media/Materials: Hickory wood, commercially tanned leather, metal nails
Techniques: Carved, bent, nailed, looped, tied
Dimensions: 67.7 x 10.5 x 5.1 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6cbf36890-8d54-49dd-b644-b28532eadb5d

Record ID: NMAI_272046