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Pogamoggans

Scope note

Clubs used by various North American native peoples as weapons and ceremonial objects. Generally, in the Great Lakes regions they are flat and curved with a knobbed head; in the Plains region they are slender sticks with a stone fastened at one end.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000201653

Broader Terms used

clubs (weapons)

Equivalent Terms used

pogamoggan

Created

13yrs ago

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