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Gunstock War club
Object Number 99-12-10/52986
Display Title Gunstock War club
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, carved wooden handle with pointed end, incised, metal knife perpendicular.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1850
Culture
  • Dakota?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Additional Geographic Terms United States, Western
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 57.2 x 29.5 x 1.5 cm (22 1/2 x 11 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52986; 25/15; SORBV
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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