id:			155915
accession number:	1991.21
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.21
updated:		2022-01-04 17:09:51.015000

Ball-Headed Club, late 1700s-early 1800s. Native North America, Woodlands, Great Lakes, Post-contact Period. Wood (maple?); overall: 58.6 x 7.8 x 13.1 cm (23 1/16 x 3 1/16 x 5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1991.21

title:				Ball-Headed Club
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creation date:			late 1700s-early 1800s
creation date earliest:		1775
creation date latest:		1825
current location:		231 Native North American
creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Native North America, Woodlands, Great Lakes, Post-contact Period
technique:	wood (maple?)
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Native North America
type:		Implements
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measurements: Overall: 58.6 x 7.8 x 13.1 cm (23 1/16 x 3 1/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Richard Pohrt; reportedly from a collection in Kitchener, Ontario
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This club carries one of the richest known records of images representing Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) clan (nindoodem) identities; clan relationships shaped native politics through the 1800s. Included is an antlered creature, perhaps a caribou, along with mammals, birds, and powerful spirit beings: the thunderbird, its wings outstretched, and perhaps the long-tailed underwater panther. The ball at the striking end is held in a jaw-like form that likely refers to an animal’s muzzle; such imagery invoked a protector being that endowed the club’s owner with power.
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IMAGES

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