Head of burl carved with animal and human figures; painted; brass nail studded; imbedded seed "neads"; 3 attached pendants with quills, ribbon, fur, horsehair; handle of burl with porcupine hair, beading, wire, cloth, fur.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Blackfoot Reservation, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Blackfoot Reservation
Culture or time period:
Blackfoot of Canada
Collector:
J. Disbury and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 27, 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Clubs (weapons)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Production date:
before 1901
Accession date:
August 1901
Context of use:
Dance club?
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 63 centimeters
Loans:
S1962-1963 #8: Four Winds Club, Oakland YWCA (September 13, 1962–September 17, 1962), S1964-1965 #79: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (March 18, 1965–August 6, 1965), and S1979-1980 #32: Merritt College/Maurice Wolfe (January 14, 1980–May 6, 1980)