War Club
Datec. 1880
MediumStone, wood, beads
Dimensions24 inches (61 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase
Object number81.672
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Curator NotesWar club consisting of a sonte club head mounted on a thin wooden handle. The head is carved as a human head with semi-naturalistic features and a large nose. The thin cylindrical handle is coiled with bands of white, blue, yellow and red beads.
On View
On viewCollections
- Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Locations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Wing A, The Americas, Gallery 1
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of:
Arthur Abraham
Said to have belonged to Rain in the Face, a celebrated Sioux chief.
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