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Made from heavy hardwood with a highly polished, smooth surface. Elongate shape with narrowing at hand grip, and knob at butt end. Burn marks at fore end.;;

1775/01/01, 1799/12/31;;

(DOCUMENTATION) (from Speyer, via T. Brasser) formerly in the collection of Sir John Caldwell. Caldwell was 5th Baronet, Castle Caldwell, County Fermanagh, Ireland. Caldwell served between 1774 and 1780 during the American Revolution as an officer in the 8th Regiment on Foot. He was stationed briefly at Niagara then sent to Ft. Detroit. Was made a chief of the Ojibwa and given the name Apatto the Runner. Took part in a council at the Shawnee village of Wakeetomike on Jan. 17, 1780; and supposedly counciled with Munsee, Delaware, Iroquois, Shawnee, Huron, Illini. A few pieces from his collection are in the Liverpool Mus. and they also have a complete set of color slides of the entire coll. (as does the Horniman Mus.).