Ojibwe painted leather lacrosse ball

Titles: Ojibwe painted leather lacrosse ball (Supplied title)

Description: Hard leather covered ball is made from a piece of leather with its edges drawn together in one spot and sewn down with sinew. Six strips of leather fringe painted with red stripes are sewn to the ball at the point where the covering is sewn together. A scrap of red cloth is sewn to the ball adjacent to the fringe.

Dates

• Not later than 1959 (Creation)

Creation

• collected by: Ayer, Harry Darius
• collected by: Ayer, Jeannette Ora Foster

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 10000.537

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, The Harry and Jeannette Ayer Collection.

Notes

• Jeannette O. and Harry D. Ayer Ojibwe Collection.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 8 17/64 inches diameter

Subjects

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