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Indian Club

Collection Type

  • Sporting equipment

Date

1875-1900

GUSN

GUSN-223534

Description

Turned wooden club with a bulbous body tapered at bottom and a long narrow "neck" capped off by a turned sphere. Parallel lines around neck with double lines near base.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Indian clubs
wood (plant material)
turning (shaping process)
Device, Fitness
Club, Indian
Club, Indian

Inscription

"5LB5" (woodburned, possibly)

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

33 1/2 (H), 4 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of A.W. Longfellow

Accession Number

1933.631A

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