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

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

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.