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War Club

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Object Number:45-15-1109
Current Location: Native American Voices
Currently On Display
Culture:Osage
Provenience: North America
United States of America
Oklahoma
Culture Area: Plains Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Wood
Pigment
Length: 55.5 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

Description

Wooden war club. Curved with ball head carved in form of human head. The convex edge of the shaft notched to suggest the feathers of a long war bonnet. Head painted with red.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Dickeson Mississippi Panorama (02 Mar 1948) View Objects in Exhibition
Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) View Objects in Exhibition

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