Men's Game Of Shinney
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 May 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Major John W. Powell
label: Donor Name
content: Major John W. Powell
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A WHITTLED ROUND STICK COLORED RED. THE BALL IS A PIECE OF COTTON CLOTH GATHERED AND CLOSED WITH PUCKERING STRING. IT IS STUFFED WITH HAIR AND TIED LOOSELY TO THE STICK. IT IS COLORED BROWN. THE CATALOGUE SAYS IT IS A SHINNEY BALL OR STICK USED BY MEN, BUT DR. HOUGH SAYS IT IS A DRUM STICK." FROM CARD: "SHINNEY STICK AND BALL.---BALL MADE OF HAIR AND COVERED WITH RAG. USED BY MEN. LENGTH, 22 INCHES; DIAMETER OF BALL, ABOUT 4 1/2 INCHES. MOKI (Hopi) INDIANS (SHOSHONEAN STOCK), MOKI (Hopi)PUEBLO. RESERVATION, ARIZONA. 22,553. COLLECTED BY MAJ. J. W. POWELL."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hopi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 76A00060
label: USNM Number
content: E22553-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ball Game Stick
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 56 cm
label: Diameter - Ball
content: ca. 11.4 cm