Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
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Item's Choctaw Name:  Towa

Item's English Name: Stickball Ball

Age:  ca 1900

Material: Commercial leather, orange cloth, black commercial thread

Dimensions:

Diameter = variable, 6.2 cm average

Max. Length = 13 cm

Origin: Found at Boggy Depot, Atoka Co., OK

Current Owner: Atoka Confederate War Museum 

Location: Atoka, OK

Notes:  This is a "tailed" stickball.  The ball itself is woven from a commercial leather, using an unusual technique.  At the turn of the 20^th century, a stickball ground was located on the line between western Atoka and eastern Pontotoc County.  Hotly contested games were played here between the Choctaw and Chickasaw residents of the counties twice a year.  This ball could well have seen action at the field.