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Object Number
987-16-10/71173
Display Title
War Club
Descriptions
Object Description
War club. Black stone head, bipointed, heavily pitted, grooved for leather binding. Large gouged out area is result of flake driven off by percussion. Recent repair work seen in leather at haft; cord at base of shaft may also be new; tassle of blond horse hair attached. Wood shaft covered with buffalo hide.
Inventory Description
Club, stone head, hide-covered shaft, hafted with hide over tape?, horse hair
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions
Overall: 77 x 14 x 6 cm (30 5/16 x 5 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
987-16-10/71173
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. James Hawks in memory of her husband, James Dudley Hawks II, Class of 1943
Provenance
Collector
Edward Allerton Hawks
(1910-1916)
Donor
Mrs. James Dudley Hawks
(9/23/1987)
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