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Culture/People
Hunkpapa Lakota [Standing Rock]
Collector
Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957
Seller
Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957
Object Name
Game wheel/hoop
Media/Materials
Wood, hide thong/babiche, sinew
Techniques
Bent, hexagonal-plaited, wrapped
Dimensions
27 x 2 cm
Object Type
Games, Toys, Gambling
Place
Standing Rock Reservation; Corson County; South Dakota; USA
Date created
circa 1913
Collection History
Collected by ethnologist and ethnomusicologist Frances Densmore (1867-1957) in 1913 or 1914; purchased by MAI from Frances Densmore in 1917.