Rare Plains Native American Elaborately Beaded Hide Ball (2 7/8' Inch) cast iron gate weight so perhaps the latter

so perhaps the latter

1920s box to find it almost completely full of "Sterling" white chalk

4 1/2" diameter and 4 1/4" tall with lid and in excellent condition

Complete set in excellent condition

)  I know from a couple of additional drawings I pulled from this is that Ackerley lived in Sing Sing

Rare Plains Native American Elaborately Beaded Hide Ball (2 7/8' Inch) cast iron gate weight so perhaps the latterI purchased this beautifully beaded ball at an antique show in Maine, from a dealer who told me he had held onto it for a lot of years, but didn't know anything about it. I'd never seen another like it, but assumed it was Native American, and found (find) it quite exquisite (and also reminding me of the fancy antique Pennsylvania folk art yarn balls I have been coveting of late). It took no time to find a handful of other examples like it (a couple of