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Object Number 97-3-10/48231
Display Title War club (model)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, of tree root, roots sharpened, handle carved, cord loop on handle
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Penobscot
  • Eastern Abenaki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Penobscot County / Indian Island / Old Town
Dimensions Overall: 71 x 19 x 18.4 cm (27 15/16 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48231
Provenance
Collector Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (1897)
Donor Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (1897)

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