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Club
Club
Dateunknown
MediumLeather, wood, stone, and glass beads
DimensionsOverall: 31 1/2 in. × 4 in. × 2 in. (80 × 10.2 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of James H. Glass, H1912; Transferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.547
Not on view
DescriptionOne of four red and yellow stone head war clubs.

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2011
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.).
Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
c. 1881: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift of James H. Glass.
Inscribed Inscribed in ink on leather strap around stone: NAPL 21 / E 102 [with strike through]
Club
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood, leather, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.544
Club
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Wood, leather and stone
Object number: 1984.546
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood and leather
Object number: 1984.545
Fragment of a Beaded Loop
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather; blue and white glass beads
Object number: 1984.537
Fragment of a beaded loop
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather and glass beads
Object number: 1984.536
Knife sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and sinew
Object number: 1984.543
Knife Sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and tin cone dangles
Object number: 1984.542
Pipebag
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew, porcupine quill, yarn, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.533
Awl case
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather, porcupine quill, feathers, tin cones, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.535
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1870-75
Medium: Leather with dentalium shells and trade beads
Object number: 1984.456
Shirt decoration
Date: unknown
Medium: Tanned hide, glass beads, and horse or cow tail
Object number: 1984.553
Knife sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Rawhide with brass tacks, glass seed beads, and red paint
Object number: 1984.541