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Object Number 99-12-10/52985
Display Title Club (ball-headed war club) from Great Lakes with carved otter.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, long stem, ball shaped head with carved otter figure on top
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Date 1780-1850
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Dimensions L: 63 cm, H: 18 cm, diameter of ball: 8 cm
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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