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Object Number
2004.33.2
Display Title
Stone-headed club
Descriptions
Object Description
"Skull cracker" equestrian club with stone head of rounded biconical form, bound to and entirely covering the thin wooden handle with a stitched rawhide covering. The handle is perforated near the end. The binding terminates in a double flap of round configuration, also perforated, presumably for a wrist thong to secure the weapon to the hand of the user. The portion of the binding securing the head has been painted with five lines of red pigment with white interlinear markation, and just beyond the edges of the binding, the stone itself has also been painted with parallel red lines, matching those of the binding proper.
Inventory Description
Club, hide covered oblong stone head and stick handle
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1850 -1880
Culture
- Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials
Stone, Rawhide, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 73 x 9.2 x 5.5 cm (28 3/4 x 3 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2004.33.2
Credit Line
Gift of Putnam Ballou McDowell A. B. 1946
Provenance
Owner
Latimer Willis Ballou
(1954)
Owner
Barbara Bamford Ballou
(1954 - 1954)
Collector
William Henry Bisbee
Donor
Putnam B. McDowell
(1954 - 11/17/04)
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