Club

Name/Title

Club

Entry/Object ID

L2024.3.71

Description

Club made from a tree root. Painted green with a rattan handle. Floral and geometric designs etched into paint on handle.

Context

This aggressive looking green painted root club once belonged to Swanton Historian Ben Gravel and reappeared many years after his death at the 2010 Abenaki “Heritage Days” Powwow in Swanton, where Frederick Wiseman was able to purchase it.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Abenaki Cultural Conservancy

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1910

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Club

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Percussive Weapons

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Dimensions

Height

22-1/2 in

Width

10 in

Material

Wood

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Gravel, Benjamin Frederick (1895-1988)