Two double-pronged ash javelins, wrapped with buckskin. One leather hoop.
Donor:
David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Central Plains, Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Central Plains
Culture or time period:
Umoⁿhoⁿ
Collector:
Francis La Flesche
Collection date:
1901-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1904 and September 8, 1902
Context of use:
Game. Played in summer by 2-4 men or boys; javelins thrown after rolling hoop to catch it by prongs or by shaft going thru hoop.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 134 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "pathinzhahe". Exhibited: UCLMA, "Plains Indians", 1971. References: P. 366, fig. 84, "The Omaha Tribe", AE, vol. 27, Fletcher & LaFlesche. Game. Played in summer by 2-4 men or boys; javelins thrown after rolling hoop to catch it by prongs or by shaft going thru hoop.