Cricket balls

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Object Details

Culture/People

Kalinago (Carib/Kalina) [Dominica]

NMAI agent

Susan Secakuku, Hopi Pueblo

Previous owner

Alexander Burton, Kalinago (Carib/Kalina) [Dominica]

Seller

Alexander Burton, Kalinago (Carib/Kalina) [Dominica]

Collection History

Formerly owned by Alexander Burton (Kalinago, coach of the Kalinago Cricket team); purchased by Susan Secakuku (Hopi Pueblo, NMAI staff member) from Alexander Burton in 2002.

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Date created

1990-2002

Catalog Number

26/538

Barcode

260538.001

Object Type

Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items

Object Name

Cricket balls

Media/Materials

Commercially tanned leather

Techniques

Commercially produced/manufactured

Dimensions

22.6 cm

Place

Crayfish River; Saint David Parish; Dominica

Archipelago

Lesser Antilles

Island Name

Dominica

Island Grouping

Windward Islands

Geographical Areas

Caribbean Islands (West Indies)

See related items

Kalinago (Carib/Kalina) [Dominica]

Games, Toys, Gambling: Ball game items

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws667d7769d-1233-49f5-9498-45f0f253dabf

Record ID

NMAI_276665