Double ball/shinney ball
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1915
name: label: Culture/People
content: Sahnish (Arikara)
label: Collector
content: Melvin R. Gilmore (Melvin Randolph Gilmore), Non-Indian, 1868-1940
label: Previous owner
content: Melvin R. Gilmore (Melvin Randolph Gilmore), Non-Indian, 1868-1940
label: Seller
content: Melvin R. Gilmore (Melvin Randolph Gilmore), Non-Indian, 1868-1940
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Melvin R. Gilmore (1868-1940, MAI staff member), probably between 1916 and 1923; purchased by MAI from Melvin Gilmore in 1923.
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place: label: Place
content: North Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Sahnish (Arikara)
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: 12/6170
label: Barcode
content: 126170.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Double ball/shinney ball
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide, porcupine quills, dye/dyes, sinew, animal hair
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, stuffed, dyed, quill embroidered
label: Dimensions
content: 33 x 6.8 x 5.5 cm