Squat football stuffed with deer hair or moss. Alternating panels of sealskin (?) and white hide decorated with reindeer hair.
Donor:
Mary S. Johnson
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Agnes Ruth Sengstacken
Collection date:
October 1986
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1929
Context of use:
Football. According to Nelson (pp. 335-36) "The ball used in this game is made of leather, stuffed with deer hair or moss, and varies in size... The game is played by young men and children." See 2-1587, 13388 for other examples.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
58 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: Nelson (pp. 335-36.) See 2-1587, 13388 for other examples.
Loans:
S1978-1979 #43: El Camino College (February 5, 1979–June 29, 1979) and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)