Club

Museum number:
2-5601
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005601
Alternate number:
3829 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.13 and Acc.88
Description:
Grooved, painted wood, brass nail studded; 3 carved representations of horses; attached bird feathers; strips of animal fur; 5 large harness bells; 1 large, 2 small holes drilled through board.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Piegan
Collector:
J. Disbury and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
1903
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Clubs (weapons)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1903 and August 1901
Context of use:
Ceremonial. Catalogue says: "ornamental dancing board
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 63 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 2-5601, described as Grooved, painted wood, brass nail studded; 3 carved representations of horses; attached bird feathers; strips of animal fur; 5 large harness bells; 1 large, 2 small holes drilled through board.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 2-5601, described as Grooved, painted wood, brass nail studded; 3 carved representations of horses; attached bird feathers; strips of animal fur; 5 large harness bells; 1 large, 2 small holes drilled through board.

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