Club model

Museum number:
2-66142
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3445
Description:
Oval stone head attached by rawhide covered wood hoop to wood handle. Handle covered with glass seed beads in bands of bright blue and white, remnants of orange dyed feathers on handle, leather thong at end of handle.
Donor:
Betty Ann Gruberg
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Plains and Prairie tribes
Collector:
George M. Firestone
Collection date:
1927-1933
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Clubs (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 33 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Club model, accession number 2-66142, described as Oval stone head attached by rawhide covered wood hoop to wood handle. Handle covered with glass seed beads in bands of bright blue and white, remnants of orange dyed feathers on handle, leather thong at end of handle.

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