Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1908 from S. Jacobs; purchased by Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, MAI staff member) from W.O. Oldman in 1909.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Ontario Ojibwe
- Previous seller
- S. Jacob, Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Seller
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- MAI agent
- Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
- Object Name
- Ball-headed club
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved, incised
- Dimensions
- 57 x 16 x 6 cm
- Object Type
- Personal items
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