Head Breaker (Casse-tete) or War Club (made for sale)
William Wawanolett, Abenaki / Canadian, 20th century
Abenaki
Wabanaki
First Nation
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
Dr. Gordon M. Day
July 1960
Wood
Overall: 16 1/8 × 1 3/16 in. (41 × 3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
160.42.14588A
Geography
Place Made: Odanak ( Abenaki First Nations Reserve), Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Provenance
Made by William Nolet, Odanak, Quebec, Canada; sold to William Bryant, Class of 1962 (Anthropology Professor Dr. Gordon M. Day's summer ethnographic research assistant); sold to present collection, 1960.
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