Billiard Balls used by Jean Balukas when She Won the 1982 World Championship of Pocket Billiards
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Set of 16 billiard balls in the original box. These were used by Jean Balukas (b. 1959) while winning her sixth World Title at the 1982 World Championship of Pocket Billiards. She set a new world record for women by running 55 balls and out.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Professional Pool Players Association (through Albert Balukas)
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1982
- ID Number
- 1983.0184.01
- accession number
- 1983.0184
- catalog number
- 1983.0184.01
- user
- Balukas, Jean
- associated institution
- Professional Pool Players Association
- Object Name
- balls, billiard
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- cardboard (overall material)
- Measurements
- each ball: 2 1/4 in; x 5.715 cm
- overall box: 1 1/4 in x 11 1/2 in x 13 in; 3.175 cm x 29.21 cm x 33.02 cm
- place made
- Belgium
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- name of sport
- Billiards
- level of sport
- Professional
- web subject
- Sports
- Women
- Record ID
- nmah_667534
