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Object Number:38-8-45
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Penobscot
Provenience: United States of America
Maine
Culture Area: Northeast Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Wood
Pigment
Technique:Carved
Length: 61.6 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Rodman Wanamaker III, 1938

Description

Carved from a tree root which forms the head and has been carved with a human face and three horns. Handle painted green with excised design, a willow leaf and bird tracks.

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