Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Club |
Other Name |
Root Club |
Catalog Number |
2008-03-002 |
Artist |
Sappier, Eric |
Nation/Culture |
Penobscot |
Title |
Moose Hunt Root Club |
Date |
2008 |
Description |
The club depicts a moose hunt, with carved moose tracks, the hunter calling the moose, and a bull moose carved on the handle, and on the root tines a cow and calf moose, and eagle, and stone arrow and spear points. Museum purchase from the artist at 2008 Native American Festival. Eric is a young carver who is apprenticed to Jo "Hugga" Dana. |
Medium/Material |
Wood |
Dimensions |
W-9 L-32 D-6.25 inches |
Collection |
Abbe Museum Permanent Collection |
Source |
Museum Purchase, Diane Kopec Collection Fund |
Local Context |
Open to Collaborate CI Label |