War Club
97-84-1288
From: United States of America | North Dakota | Upper Missouri River
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 97-84-1288 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Sioux |
Provenience | United States of America | North Dakota | Upper Missouri River |
Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Iron | Pigment | Quill | Skin |
Description | Wooden; ball head with long blade extension, with iron spike, made from a triangular file, and inserted in ball at right angle to haft. Painted with green, red, and yellow stripes and with buckskin wrist-strap beaded blue, green, and yellow on white and edged with red quilling. |
Length | 81 cm |
Width | 19 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
Other Number | L-84-1288 - Old Museum Number | 18547 - ANSP Number | II 400 - Gottschall Number |
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