Handball, known as 'Jedburgh ba' '

This leather handball, known as the 'Jedburgh ba' ', dates from 1914.

The ball is made of four roughly equal quarter segments sewn together. The 'stuffing' hole is sewn together with an external ladder stitch.

Violent Ba' games were once held all over Scotland. Ba' games survive today in various places in the Borders and in Kirkwall in Orkney.

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Online ID:	000-100-002-980-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.NS 206
Date:	1914
Material:	Leather
Dimensions:	110 mm D
What:	Handball
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Where:	Scotland, Borders, JedburghScotland, Jedburgh
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Description:	Jedburgh handball, made of 4 roughly equal 1/4 segments of leather sewn together, the stuffing hole sewn together with an external ladder stitch
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