Miniature rootclub, ca. 1850
Contributed by Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine
Item 23480
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Found under the floorboards in a structure connecting a house and barn in the town of Penobscot, this may have been a shaman's ceremonial club.
It represents an early style of rootclub in which the wood was stained, not painted.
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- Title: Miniature rootclub, ca. 1850
- Creation Date: circa 1850
- Subject Date: circa 1850
- Town: Penobscot
- County: Penobscot
- State: ME
- Media: Wood
- Local Code: HM 2528
- 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
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LC Subject Headings
Penobscot Indians
Penobscot art
Wood carving
Weapons
Indians of North America--Maine--Antiquities
Symbols
Ceremonial objects
Indian art--North America
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