Indian Implement
date: label: Accession Date
content: 31 Dec 1867
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of War
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "NO FURTHER ENTRY IN CAT. BOOK, BUT THE OTHER ONE 2669 WAS A "MIRROR BOARD." THIS OBJECT IS A BALL GAME STICK. COMPARE TO THREE SIMILAR LACROSSE STICKS ILLUSTRATED IN FIG. 20, P. 79 OF AMERICAN INDIAN LACROSSE BY THOMAS VENNUM, JR., SMITHSONIAN PRESS, 1994. CATALOGUE NUMBERS 2669 - 2673 HAVE NO DONOR OR COLLECTOR LISTED IN THE ORIGINAL MUSEUM LEDGER BOOKS. 2669 IS TAGGED, AND OBJECT ITSELF MAY ONCE HAVE BEEN MARKED?, "WAR DEPT., 1841." 2670 HAS A VERY OLD 19TH CENTURY MUSEUM TAG MARKED "U.S. WAR DEPT." BASED ON THAT, IT MAY BE SPECULATED THAT 2669 - 2673 ALL CAME FROM THE U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT. - F. PICKERING 4-1-2002
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Sep 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Woodlands (Northeast) (not certain) / Plains (not certain), United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 67A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2670-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ball Game Stick