War Club

97-84-1288

From: United States of America | North Dakota | Upper Missouri River

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 97-84-1288
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
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.

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

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