lacrosse stick
lacrosse stick
lacrosse stick
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An Ojibwe wooden painted lacrosse stick, with a leather net. Part of the Pearsall collection, acquired in December, 1963.
FLMNH records; identified as "Chippewa" by F. Dockstader
FLMNH records
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wood; rawhide; shoelace; leather; paint
One-piece construction; long wood handle, thinned at top, steamed and bent into circle; shoelaces and rawhide tie the circle closed; netting of leather thongs attached to perimeter of circle then joined in middle; handle painted with polychrome geometric motifs
geometric
FLMNH records identify this as late 19th to early century.
Provenance
Items purchased on the art market by Col. Leigh M. Pearsall between 1900 and 1960. Purchased from Pearsall by the University of Florida Endowment Corp., the collection contains several thousand archeological and ethnographic specimens chiefly from North America, and comprises a large portion of the FLMNH's ethnographic collection.
About This GRASAC Record
Made from the records of the FLMNH