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Post by Californian on Jul 19, 2019 21:05:03 GMT -5
beaded ball, Lakota, late 19th century, likely from Pine Ridge Agency. Several were collected by battlefield scavengers after the Wounded Knee massacre - one is displayed at the small museum at Fort Robinson. Such beaded balls (in earlier times these were quilled) likely figured either in the Lakota ritual game, "The Throwing of the Ball," or in the puberty ceremony for a girl coming of age. Anyone that can offer more insights into the meaning and purpose of these beaded balls would be greatly welcomed click onto the image to enlarge
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