Ball

Museum number:
5-6645
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
toy ball; banana fiber coiled and tied.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Kampala (ba); Ganda (Murdock 45:9)
Culture or time period:
Ganda
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
August 1967
Materials:
Banana fiber
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Balls (object genres)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1967
Context of use:
Used as toy by children wherever banana grows.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 13 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ball, accession number 5-6645, described as toy ball; banana fiber coiled and tied.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ball, accession number 5-6645, described as toy ball; banana fiber coiled and tied.

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