War Club

Object Number:	97-84-2123
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Culture:	Penobscot
Provenience:	United States of America Maine Near Penobscot
Culture Area:	Northeast Culture Area
Section:	American
Materials:	Wood Pigment
Credit Line:	Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number:	L-84-2123 - Old Museum Number 18180 - ANSP Number II 457 - Gottschall Number

Description

Wooden with knob head in human form with four conical projections. Hair painted black; face and horns yellow with red blotches. Handle with frond excising.

Bibliography:

[Book] Gottschall, Amos H. 1909. Priced and Descriptive Catalogue of the Utensils, Implements, Weapons, Ornaments, Etc., of the Indians, Mound Builders, Cliff Dwellers: Typical Collections No. 2.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: II 457