Game: Shinny Sticks & Balls
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 1892
label: Collection Date
content: C. 1891
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: 5 parts: 3 sticks and 2 balls. From card: "3 sticks. 2 balls. Illus. in BAE 24th AR, fig. 795, p. 620; also figs. 808 and 809, p. 630."
label: Notes
content: Shinny stick and balls. Two wooden sticks with curved ends, one with a knob head. Smudged with black and red paint. Two spherical balls, each made of two pieces of hide, painted red. 34" (86 cm); 3" (8 cm). Records: This is a woman's game. Illustrated in BAE-AR 24, 620, figs. 795, 808, 809. (C, ML). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Kiowa And Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025718
label: USNM Number
content: E152903-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ball Game Stick / Ball