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club, miniature
club, miniature
club, miniature
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Nation of Maker:
Potawatomi
Nation of Origin
Pohrt notes
Place of Origin:
Wisconsin, USA
Date Made or Date Range:
1850
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Materials
Wood (maple?)
Techniques or Format
Ball head type miniature wooden war club with flat handle which ends in a pointed finial. Curves along the length terminate in a spherical head.
Additional Context
Probably part of a war bundle. Pohrt notes: "Club possibly used as a drumstick or from a war bundle."
Dimensions:
15.5 × 1.375 × 2.5 in
Provenance
Current Location:
Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
81.615
Collection at Current Location:
Chandler Pohrt Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1981
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From:
Richard A. Pohrt
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
25592
Record Creation Notes/Observations
Item was pulled from DIA storage by request during the GRASAC visit, therefore detailed images are not yet available. GKS profile was created by Cory Wilmott during the visit and a DIA Museum Catalogue System (TMS) photograph was uploaded by Kelly Konieczki as a temporary place-holder image. KK also added all available information about the item from TMS after the visit, however did not research its supplementary files.
Approximate Place of Origin