Maul
46-6-104
From: Northwest United States | North Carolina
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 46-6-104 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cherokee | Birdtown Band |
| Provenience | Northwest United States | North Carolina |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
| Date Made | 1944 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Of one log, the head large cylindrical, the handle, also round in section, formed by cutting away the outer part of the leg. "Maul used with fire [?] in splitting 'boards'. A larger one is used with wooden ridge in splitting logs, and a smaller one with chisels and gouges." From Moses Owl, 1944. |
| Length | 48 cm |
| Credit Line | Cherokee Expedition; Frank G. Speck and John G. Witthoft, 1946 |
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