Maul

Museum number:
2-5530
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3595 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.88
Description:
Hafted on buckskin-covered and beaded handle; fringed; yarn.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Blackfoot Reservation, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Blackfoot Reservation
Culture or time period:
Blackfoot of Canada
Collector:
J. Disbury and Philip Mills Jones
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mauls (striking tools)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Ceremonial use, may be ceremonial maul used during the Tobacco Planting ceremonies of the North Blackfoot (John Hellson; Manitoba Museum of Man & Nature; 1971).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 38 centimeters
Loans:
S1963-1964 #19: Jefferson School, Berkeley/Jeannette Perry (October 1, 1963–October 9, 1963), S1974-1975 #81: Mt. Diablo Unified School District (April 15, 1975–June 11, 1976), and S1979-1980 #32: Merritt College/Maurice Wolfe (January 14, 1980–May 6, 1980)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 2-5530, described as Hafted on buckskin-covered and beaded handle; fringed; yarn.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 2-5530, described as Hafted on buckskin-covered and beaded handle; fringed; yarn.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 2-5530, described as Hafted on buckskin-covered and beaded handle; fringed; yarn.

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