hoop game, unrecorded Native Alaskan artist

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unrecorded Native Alaskan artist, hoop game
unrecorded Native Alaskan artist, hoop game
unrecorded Native Alaskan artist
hoop game
late 1800s–1980
unrecorded Native Alaskan artist, artist
hoop game, late 1800s–1980
Where object was made: Alaska, United States
Material/technique: rawhide; wood
Dimensions:
Object Diameter (Diameter): 15.5 cm
Object Diameter (Diameter): 6 1/8 in
Credit line: Gift of Ann and Britt Brown, Blackbear Bosin Collection
Accession number: 2007.1059
Not on display
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Exhibition label:
"Blackbear Bosin: artist and collector." Apr-2001, Sara Summers
The hoop and pole game can be played in a number of ways. One way is to roll the hoop and try to throw a stick through the center. Antother way is to slide a stick in front of the rolling hoop so that the hoop will roll over the stick.