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Title	[Cherokee ball game: audience]
Creator	unknown
Contributor	National Anthropological Archives
Medium of Original	photographs
Date of Orginal	1900
Dimensions	10" x 8"
Description	This photograph shows a group of Cherokees who have gathered to watch a traditional stick ball 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.
Subject - Topic	Cherokee Indians -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Time Period	1900s (Decade)
Location	Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution	Museum of the Cherokee
Collection	Photograph Collection
Inventory Number	MCI_CH_064_1
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, NC 28719
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723