Cherokee ball game: audience
Dublin Core
Title
Cherokee ball game: audience
Subject
Cherokee Indians
Cherokee women
Communities
Manners and customs
Description
This photograph shows a group of Cherokees who have gathered to watch a traditional stickball game. Ball games were social occasions in the Cherokee community and provided recreation for the tribe. The photograph was made on the Qualla Boundary for the Smithsonian Institution's National Anthropological Archives, circa 1900, and was taken by an unknown photographer. Women wear traditional dress and head coverings and carry their babies in wraps on their backs.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Photograph Collection
Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Date
1900
Contributor
National Anthropological Archives
Rights
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Format
jpg;
photographs
Type
StillImage
Identifier
11109
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/11109
Date Created
2009-01-27
Rights Holder
All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, NC 28719;
Spatial Coverage
Qualla Boundary
Appalachian Region, Southern
Extent
10" x 8"(dimension)
Is Part Of
Cherokee Traditions
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Cherokee ball game: audience,” OAI, accessed May 3, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/11109.