Historical information

Medicine balls are a weighted ball used to improve fitness and strength. Their use is recorded as early as 1000BC when skins were sewn and stuffed with sand. They are still used to the present time and come in various sizes and weights. This example probably belongs to the turn of the 20th century.

Significance

An item which was in common use by people interested in fitness. Items of similar design and construction have been used by many different cultures and peoples.

Physical description

Brown leather with eight segments, laced on side. It has two small leather circles either end, each with two holes.