Basketball with laces
date: label: Date
content: 1930-1939
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Denkert Sporting Goods, American, 1900 - 1973
notes: label: Description
content: Denkert basketball, model BB77. The ball is light brown in color, has six panels with stitched ribs, and rawhide dark laces threaded through eighteen (18) holes at the top of the ball. The laces and top seam are outlined in stiches made with light-colored threads that have been covered in a dark coating. One panel has black text printed on it in different fonts that reads: [OFFICIAL / SIZE AND WEIGHT / Denkert / BB77]. At the side opposite of laces there is a small black rubber inlet valve used to inflate the ball.
place: label: Place made
content: Johnstown, Fulton County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Basketball
label: Topic
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Exhibition
content: Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.199
objectType: label: Type
content: basketballs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on leather and rubber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 9 × 9 × 9 1/2 in. (22.9 × 22.9 × 24.1 cm)