E0488: Club

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0488

Classification Category:

10:Unclassifiable Artifacts ➞ Function Unknown

Materials:

stone/minerals
botanical ➔ wood
animal ➔ hide/skin ➔ leather

Dimensions:

41.91 cm L
10.16 cm W
4.14 cm H

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Source Locality:

USA

Description:

Decorated inflictor club, possible ceremonial or produced for tourists.

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