Set of Four Bowls
date: label: date made
content: before 1930
label: associated dates
content: 1930 12 15 / 1930 12 15
notes: label: Description
content: Four round wooden balls (bowls) in rope nets, used in the game of bowls, a type of lawn bowling. Similar to bocce, the goal is to attempt to roll one's bowls closest to a smaller ball.
label: Description
content: The bowls are numbered 1-4, initialed inlay of ivory. There are two bowls in each of the carrying nets. According to the donor, Rachel Stocker, these were made by Thomas Taylor of Glasgow Scotland, Scottish Bowling Association. They were aquired by the Smithsonian in 1930.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland
label: Associated Place
content: United Kingdom: Scotland
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: lawn bowling
label: level of sport
content: recreational
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ms. Rachel Stocker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.350625
label: accession number
content: 112836
label: catalog number
content: 350625
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balls and Nets
label: Object Name
content: bowling woods
label: Object Name
content: bowls
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rope (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 13/16 in; 12.192 cm