Football

Museum number:
2-66911
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3713
Description:
Made of leather; decorated with geometric appliques of red leather.
Donor:
Dorothea Leighton
Collection place:
St. Lawrence Island, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Lawrence Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Alexander Leighton
Collection date:
1957
Object type:
ethnography
Context of use:
Mostly for children to play with.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 12 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson, E.W., The Eskimo About Bering Strait, p. 335; see letter from donor in acc. env.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Football, accession number 2-66911, described as Made of leather; decorated with geometric appliques of red leather.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Football, accession number 2-66911, described as Made of leather; decorated with geometric appliques of red leather.

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