War club; called "model." Mallet headed type. End painted with red pigment: other areas stained dark (black). Made of wood.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Clubs (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1903 and April 28, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 28 centimeters
Comment:
Published: Kroebers Handbook of Indians of California p. 751.
Loans:
S1972-1973 #55: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (January 31, 1973–February 8, 1973) and S1981-1982 #67: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Indian Programs (June 9, 1982–June 9, 1982)