Club

Museum number:
1-13835
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.325
Description:
Potato masher shape club model. Stained black. Made of wood of mesquite tree. The end is painted red; and the shiny black paint is graphite, obtained in Arizona and used also in face painting.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Needles, San Bernardino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Bernardino; Needles
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
February 1908
Materials:
Graphite (mineral)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Clubs (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
Model of war club.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 22.2 centimeters
Comment:
References: See Kroeber's Handbook of Indians of California, p. 751.
Loans:
S1956-1957 #3: Education Department (UC Berkeley)/Patricia Hughes (July 17, 1956–April 1, 1957)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Club, accession number 1-13835, described as Potato masher shape club model. Stained black. Made of wood of mesquite tree. The end is painted red; and the shiny black paint is graphite, obtained in Arizona and used also in face painting.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Club, accession number 1-13835, described as Potato masher shape club model. Stained black. Made of wood of mesquite tree. The end is painted red; and the shiny black paint is graphite, obtained in Arizona and used also in face painting.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Club, accession number 1-13835, described as Potato masher shape club model. Stained black. Made of wood of mesquite tree. The end is painted red; and the shiny black paint is graphite, obtained in Arizona and used also in face painting.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Club, accession number 1-13835, described as Potato masher shape club model. Stained black. Made of wood of mesquite tree. The end is painted red; and the shiny black paint is graphite, obtained in Arizona and used also in face painting.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Club, accession number 1-13835, described as Potato masher shape club model. Stained black. Made of wood of mesquite tree. The end is painted red; and the shiny black paint is graphite, obtained in Arizona and used also in face painting.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 1-13835, described as Potato masher shape club model. Stained black. Made of wood of mesquite tree. The end is painted red; and the shiny black paint is graphite, obtained in Arizona and used also in face painting.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 1-13835, described as Potato masher shape club model. Stained black. Made of wood of mesquite tree. The end is painted red; and the shiny black paint is graphite, obtained in Arizona and used also in face painting.

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