Ball
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1926 or 1927 by explorer and amateur ethnologist Francis Gow-Smith (1894-1939) during MAI-sponsored fieldwork.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 15/3744
- Barcode
- 153744.000
- Culture/People
- Parecís (Paressi)
- Collector
- Francis Gow-Smith (Francis William Gow-Smith), Non-Indian, 1894-1939
- Object Type
- Games, Toys, Gambling
- Object Name
- Ball
- Media/Materials
- Natural rubber
- Techniques
- Modeled
- Place
- Rio Sepotuba and Rio Salto region; Central-South Mesoregion; Mato Grosso State, Central-West Region; Brazil
- See related items
- Parecís (Paressi)
- Games, Toys, Gambling
- Record ID
- NMAI_165011
- Usage
- CC0
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