Pair of Ball Sticks
Amah-chu-nah (Lacy Backwater), Cherokee / American, 1877 - unknown
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Cherokee
Southeast
collected about 1907
Stick and leather
Overall: 27 15/16 × 3 9/16 × 1 1/8 in. (71 × 9 × 2.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9934
Geography
Place Made: Cherokee, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Recreational Artifacts: Sports Equipment
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southeast
Not on view
Provenance
Amah-chu-nah (Lacy Backwater, born about 1877), Cherokee, North Carolian; collected by Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Cherokee, North Carolina, 1907; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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