War Club
| Object Number: | 97-84-1288 |
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| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Sioux |
| Provenience: | United States of America North Dakota Upper Missouri River |
| Culture Area: | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Wood Iron Pigment Quill Skin |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number: | L-84-1288 - Old Museum Number 18547 - ANSP Number II 400 - Gottschall Number |
Description
Wooden; ball head with long blade extension, with iron spike, made from a triangular file, and inserted in ball at right angle to haft. Painted with green, red, and yellow stripes and with buckskin wrist-strap beaded blue, green, and yellow on white and edged with red quilling.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Gottschall, Amos H. 1909. Priced and Descriptive Catalogue of the Utensils, Implements, Weapons, Ornaments, Etc., of the Indians, Mound Builders, Cliff Dwellers: Typical Collections No. 2.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: II 400 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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