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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 2030190, member: 6444&quot;]Swastika is definitely used by Navajo, but that is thousands of miles away from the Penobscot. As far as I can tell the swastika (whirling log) wouldn&#039;t have been a traditional Penobscot symbol, though in the 20th century could be adopted as an &quot;indian&quot; decoration as Navajo work became widely known. Here is a Maine museum collection of clubs with provenance from the Penobscot and nearby tribes, some decorated (no swastikas), some undecorated, which are like the ones komoka showed: <a href="https://abbemuseum.pastperfectonline.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;search_criteria=club&amp;searchButton=Search" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://abbemuseum.pastperfectonline.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;search_criteria=club&amp;searchButton=Search" rel="nofollow">https://abbemuseum.pastperfectonline.com/search?utf8=✓&amp;search_criteria=club&amp;searchButton=Search</a></p><p><br /></p><p>OP&#039;s also lacks the horns that almost all Penobscot clubs have; could be native american but I would assume it is made and decorated to look &quot;indian&quot;, maker incorporating native american motifs without knowing which were appropriate. Could be from a summer camp?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here again, one of my favorite things about this forum is when I read about things I recognize which forces me to research the things I own. I grew up with a Maine vacation cabin adjacent to Passamaquoddy land (therefore close to Penobscot also). I&#039;ve had this club with obvious age to it for a long time, was told it was authentic but never researched it until I saw komoka&#039;s pics. No obvious carved motifs but maybe that&#039;s a good thing. Came from Maine; 33&quot; long.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]248701[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]248702[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]248703[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]248704[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]248708[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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