Wabanaki root clubs


Penobscot rootclub by Russell Joe, Indian Island, ca. 1930

Penobscot rootclub by Russell Joe, Indian Island, ca. 1930
Item 23481   info
Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine

This club is attributed to Penobscot carver Russell Joe (Granton Russell Joseph), who lived from the early 1900s to the mid 1960s on Indian Island.

Russell Joe carved rootclubs, walking sticks and tomahawks and sold them to visitors.

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