Snout rootclub, ca. 1900
Contributed by Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine
Item 23479
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A carver creates this form of rootclub out of a sapling with two stocks growing out of one root system. The carver turns one stock into a snouted animal and retains the other for the club stock.
Other Information
- Title: Snout rootclub, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- State: ME
- Media: Wood
- Local Code: HM 7020
- Object Type: Physical Object
For more information about this item, contact:
Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine
5746 Maine Center for the Arts, Orono, ME 04469
(207) 581-1902
http://www.umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum/
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LC Subject Headings
Wood carving
Symbols
Indians of North America--Maine--Antiquities
Weapons
Ceremonial objects
Indian art--North America
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