Club
- Date created
- 1780-1800
- Culture/People
- Seneca
- Previous owner
- Red Jacket (Sa-go-ye-wat-ha [He Keeps Them Awake]/Sagoyewatha/Otetiani), Seneca, ca. 1750-1830
- Chief James Johnson (Sasaweh/Sosawah/Sos'he:owâ/Jimmy Johnson/Jemmy Johnson), Seneca [Tonawanda], ca. 1774-ca. 1850
- Chief William Wedge, Cayuga [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario], 1826-ca. 1904
- William Bomberry (William Boneberry), Seneca [Allegany], 1869-ca. 1928
- Seller
- William Bomberry (William Boneberry), Seneca [Allegany], 1869-ca. 1928
- MAI agent
- Alanson B. Skinner (A. B. Skinner/Alanson Buck Skinner), Non-Indian, 1886-1925
- Collection History
- Said to have been the property of the Seneca leader Red Jacket (ca. 1750-1830); given to or inherited by "Chief Johnson," probably Red Jacket's nephew Chief James Johnson (Sos'he:owâ, Tonawanda Seneca, ca. 1774-ca. 1850); given to Six Nations Cayuga Chief William Wedge (1826-ca. 1904) by Chief Johnson or a descendant; given by William Wedge to his grandson, who gave it to William Bomberry (Allegany Seneca, 1869-ca. 1928); purchased from William Bomberry by Alanson B. Skinner (1886-1925, MAI staff member) in 1925.
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- Place
- Allegany Reservation; Cattaraugus County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Seneca
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 13/6648
- Barcode
- 136648.000
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
- Object Name
- Club
- Media/Materials
- Wood, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, incised, painted
- Dimensions
- 55 x 14 x 12 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_147040