Dakota beaded ball

Titles: Dakota beaded ball (Supplied title)

Description: A Dakota beaded ball, circa 1880. The ball is covered with beadwork. The surface is quartered by dark blue beads, with the resulting sections filled in with multicolor beadwork. Collected at either at the Lower Brule Indian Agency, Lower Brule, South Dakota, or the Crow Creek Reservation, Fort Thompson, South Dakota.

Dates

• Exactly 1880 (Creation)

Creation

• used at: Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota
• used at: Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 9492.7

Restrictions

• Through curatorial review and/or additional consultation with American Indian elders, spiritual leaders, tribal officers or lineal descendants, this item has been determined to be culturally sensitive. As advised by the Minnesota Historical Society Indian Advisory Committee on April 20, 2012, the Minnesota Historical Society will not display images of culturally sensitive items on the public database.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 3 1/4 inches diameter

Subjects

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