Ball Sticks
Morgan Calhoun (Au-gan-aahf-to-da), Cherokee / American, 1863 - 1927
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Cherokee
Southeast
collected about 1903-1909
Wood with pyrographed stripes and leather
Overall: 26 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (68 × 7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9936
Geography
Place Made: Cherokee, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Recreational Artifacts: Sports Equipment
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southeast
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscripbed, on loop, in ink: "N.C. Cherokee Ball Sticks, (Old Indian Game), Cherokee, N.C., Made by Oo-gan-stau-nih"
Provenance
Oo-gan-stau-hih (Morgan Calhoun), Cherokee, North Carolina; collected by Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Cherokee, North Carolina, probably 1909; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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