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Object Number
987-16-10/71174
Display Title
War Club
Descriptions
Object Description
War club. Discoidal yellowish stone head, 7.6 x 7.2 x 5.0 cm, pitted in center of one side & ground smooth all around. Hide wrapping (buffalo?) is original, as is haft. Hide is painted red at haft. Cord at base of shaft probably original.
Inventory Description
Club, flat circular head, leather wrapped shaft, painted, fringe
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials
Wood, Stone, Buffalo hide
Dimensions
Overall: 40 x 7.2 x 4.8 cm (15 3/4 x 2 13/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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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