Field Hockey Stick
date: label: date made
content: ca 1974
name: label: user
content: Galligan, Meg
label: maker
content: Sport Craft
notes: label: Description
content: The field hockey stick is the most important piece of equipment used in the game of field hockey. It can be made from a variety of materials but is traditionally made of a hard wood, such as ash. Composite materials, including fiberglass, carbon, graphite, and Kevlar can also be used. Field hockey sticks are only made for right handed players. They have a toe with a rounded edge which faces the right while the flat part of the toe faces to the left. The stick length varies according to the player’s height and the weight may vary anywhere from 18 to 25.9 ounces. The grip is composed of different materials, such as suede and rubber, to limit the amount of moisture on the stick.
label: Description
content: The stick shown here was used by the donor, Meg Galligan, while playing field hockey for Boston College between 1974 and 1978. It is made of wood and wrapped with cotton tape, for grip, at the top of the stick and plastic tape, for strength, at the bottom of the stick.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
topic: label: name of sport
content: Field Hockey
label: web subject
content: Women
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: collegiate
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
label: See more items in
content: Artifact Walls exhibit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Margaret E. Galligan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0400.01
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0400.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0400
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stick, field hockey
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 5 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 13.97 cm x 3.175 cm