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DESCRIPTION: YOU ARE BIDDING ON A VERY UNIQUE PENOBSCOT 19TH CENTURY BURL ROOT WAR CLUB. THE LENGTH OF THE CLUB IS 23 1/2" LONG. THE HEAD FROM TIP TO TIP OF ROOT FINGERS IS 7 1/4" THE OWNER BELIEVES THAT THE CLUB IS MADE TO LOOK LIKE A WILD BOAR. THERE IS RED PAINT AROUND THE CARVED TEETH IN THE MOUTH OF THE BOAR. THE CARVING IS PRIMITIVE. THE BARK IS STILL INTACT ON THE HEAD AND THE AREA AROUND THE MOUTH. THE PATINA OF THE CLUB IS ORIGINAL. THERE IS SPOON CARVING ALL ALONG THE HANDLE AND BODY OF THE CLUB. A NICE EXAMPLE OF A PENOBSCOT INDIAN WAR CLUB.
HISTORY:
THIS CLUB CAME OUT OF AN ESTATE THAT BORDERED THE NIAGARA RIVER IN LEWISTON, NY
THE PENOBSCOT TRIBE WAS ORIGINALLY IN MAINE AND THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND AND IN PARTS OF CANADA.
THE EARLIEST ROOT CLUBS WERE USED IN COMBAT DURING THE 1600s AND EARLY 1700s. THE ROOTS OF THE BIRCH SAPLINGS WERE TRIMMED OF ALL THE SMALL ROOTS AND THE LARGER ONES WERE CARVED TO POINTS TO MAKE THE CLUB MORE EFFECTIVE. ON THESE EARLIEST CLUBS THERE WERE NO CARVINGS IN THE ROOT BURL AND NO CARVING ON THE HANDLE, BUT LATER, CARVERS ADDED DECORATIVE CARVING. THE ANIMAL CARVINGS WERE INTENDED TO REPRESENT ANIMAL SPIRITS.
CONDITION:
THE OVERALL CONDITION IS VERY GOOD, WITH LIGHT WEAR APPROPRIATE WITH AGE. THERE ARE NO CHIPS, BREAKS, REPAIRS IN THE CLUB OR FINISH. THIS IS AVERY SOUGHT AFTER ITEM.
HAPPY BIDDING!
I TRY TO BE THOROUGH IN PHOTOS AND DESCRIPTION. PLEASE ASK ALL QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU BID. THIS ITEM SELLS AS IS, AS PICTURED.
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