Hoop for boy's game
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 2005
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Hoop made of wooden stick, with bark shaved off, bent in circle and ends tied with rope. According to Chisato Dubreuil, boys tried to throw spears or shoot arrows through hoops that were either thrown into the air or rolled along the ground in games that helped them develop skills that they would need as adults. Replica of BMA artifact (12.438A-B), made for the 1999 NMNH exhibit "Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People" using traditional Ainu materials and techniques.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ainu
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2026093
label: USNM Number
content: E430665-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Game
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 23.5 cm