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club, war
club, war
club, war
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Introduction
War club, poggamagun, now used only in dance. Carved wood, ball head, cracked, handle semi-faceted
Name of Maker(s):
Anonymous Ojibwa Artist
Nation of Maker:
Ojibwe
Nation of Origin
PMAE Catalogue
Place of Origin:
Bkejwanong Territory (Walpole Island First Nation)
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative
PMAE Catalogue
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Materials
Wood
Other Notes
PMAE Catalogue indicates that this object is a war club but now "only used in dance"
Dimensions:
48.2 × 9.3 × 7.8 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
PMAE Catalogue
Provenance
Current Location:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
04-23-10/64694
Link to Institution's Collections Database:
Peabody MAE Online Catalogue
Collection at Current Location:
Ethnographic
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1904
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From:
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1904
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context:
11/5-6/1904
Previous Collectors:
Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington
Collection Narratives and Histories
Owner: Mike Altman (11/5-6/1904)
Collector: Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington (11/5-6/1904)
Dealer: Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington (12/30/1904)
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
58915
How to Cite this Item
Image © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 04-23-10/64694
Record Creation Context
GRASAC Summer RA, Carlie Manners
Approximate Place of Origin
42.5602, -82.4973
Source of Information about Places
PMAE Catalogue