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Basketball with laces
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Basketball with laces

Denkert Sporting Goods, American, 1900 - 1973 · 1930-1939

ink on leather and rubber
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Denkert basketball, model BB77. The ball is light brown in color, has six panels with stitched ribs, and rawhide dark laces threaded through eighteen (18) holes at the top of the ball. The laces and top seam are outlined in stiches made with light-colored threads that have been covered in a dark coating. One panel has black text printed on it in different fonts that reads: [OFFICIAL / SIZE AND WEIGHT / Denkert / BB77]. At the side opposite of laces there is a small black rubber inlet valve used to inflate the ball.

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