NMAI Stickball Hat
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Item's Choctaw Name: Shvpo
Item's English Name: Stickball Hat
Age: ca. 1900
Material: Red, yellow, gray, and white cloth, thread, crane feather
Dimensions: Diameter = roughly 22cm. Height = 19.5cm
Origin: collected Scott / Neshoba Co, Ms, 1908
Current Owner: National Museum of the American Indian, #018873.000
Location: Smithsonian Cultural Resource Center
Notes: Hats such as this, were worn by Choctaw stickball players (particularly captains), around the turn of the century. This piece was made using different colors of cloth and store-bought thread. |
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