Shuttlecock
65-10-138
From: Peru | Rio Curanja
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 65-10-138 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cashinahua |
| Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Corn Husk | Straw |
| Description | Dark corn husk wound around itself to form ball, loose ends bound together with piece of straw to form 'topknot'; ball quite solid. Used in games, hut by hand by any number of players. |
| Height | 9 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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