Shinney ball made by teenaged girls for their suitors
date: label: Date created
content: 1890-1895
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: Thisba Hutson Morgan (Thisba Ann Hutson), Non-Indian, 1872-1966
label: Previous owner
content: Thisba Hutson Morgan (Thisba Ann Hutson), Non-Indian, 1872-1966
label: Previous owner
content: Cecil Morgan, Non-Indian, 1898-1999
label: Donor
content: Cecil Morgan, Non-Indian, 1898-1999
notes: label: Collection History
content: Probably collected between 1890 and 1896 by Thisba Hutson Morgan (1872-1966), a teacher at the Pine Ridge reservation school and wife of Bureau of Indian Affairs employee Howell Morgan (1863-1952); inherited by their son Cecil Morgan (1898-1999); donated to MAI by Cecil Morgan in 1983.
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place: label: Place
content: Pine Ridge Reservation; Jackson County, Oglala Lakota County; South Dakota; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/372
label: Barcode
content: 250372.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Shinney ball made by teenaged girls for their suitors
label: Media/Materials
content: Cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, thread, unknown stuffing
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, stuffed, overlay beadwork
label: Dimensions
content: 5.1 cm