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Object Number
88-51-10/50683
Display Title
War club of wood in shape of a potato masher
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Club, tapered cylindrical shaft, truncated conical head, perforated with leather
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mohave
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Wood, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 41.7 x 8.7 x 8.9 cm (16 7/16 x 3 7/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50683; 9763 [crossed out] / Mojave War Club. / Palmer
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Edward Palmer
(1886)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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