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Lakota beaded hide ball

Titles: Lakota beaded hide ball (Supplied title)

Description: A Lakota round ball completely covered with beadwork, circa 1900. The bead work features a medicine wheel motif in red, white, green and blue on each side, seperated by hourglass geometrics. There is a leather thong attached. It was collected at the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, South Dakota.

Dates

  • Approximately 1900 (Creation)

Identifiers

  • Accession Number: 9859.24

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

  • 11 inches circumference

Subjects

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