Ball-headed club

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Date created: 1870-1890

Culture/People: Munsee Delaware
Previous owner: Elijah Logan, Munsee Delaware [Moravian Town, Ontario], ca. 1858-1923
Collector: Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923; Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971

Collection History: Collected from Elijah Logan (Munsee Delaware) in 1910 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member), assisted by Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Place: Near Saint Thomas; Saint Thomas; Elgin County; Ontario; Canada

See related items: Munsee Delaware; Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 2/7929
Barcode: 027929.000

Object Type: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
Indigenous Term: pwa' wa"s

Object Name: Ball-headed club
Media/Materials: Wood
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65ad9e734-0253-4990-a636-ac8ca8b111b8

Record ID: NMAI_29757