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This Promontory Culture hoop is made from a willow twig that was bent into a circle and used as a frame to weave a sinew net. This object may have been used to play the hoop game, where small feathered darts were thrown at the hoop as it rolled across the ground.
Place:
Douglas County
Date:
2005
Copyright Notes:
Image courtesy of Museum of Anthropology, University of Denver.