Lacrosse Stick

58-6-2B

Location: On Display in the Native American Voices

From: United States of America | North Carolina | Qualla Boundary | Big Cove

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 58-6-2B
Current Location Native American Voices - On Display
Culture Cherokee
Provenience United States of America | North Carolina | Qualla Boundary | Big Cove
Culture Area Southeast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Hickory Wood | Wire
Description

Each made of one piece of hickory wood, shaved to flat section in center, bent double, and nailed to form both the handle and the pear-shaped loop for the "pocket." Two horizontal and six vertical wires in "meshing" of pocket made from two continuous pieces of wire in -a, from one piece in -b. Seven holes punched in pocket frame for the wiring.

Credit Line Purchased from Paul Kutsche, 1958

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