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Datec. 1875
MediumStone, wood and leather
DimensionsOverall: 32 × 4 1/4 × 2 in. (81.3 × 10.8 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.545
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;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
Inscribed Inscribed in ink on leather strap around stone: NAPl 20 / E101 [crossed out]
Club
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood, leather, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.544
Club
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather, wood, stone, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.547
Club
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Wood, leather and stone
Object number: 1984.546
Fragment of a Beaded Loop
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather; blue and white glass beads
Object number: 1984.537
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1870-75
Medium: Leather with dentalium shells and trade beads
Object number: 1984.456
Fragment of a beaded loop
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather and glass beads
Object number: 1984.536
Doll Head
Date: c. 1875
Medium: White stone with human hair
Object number: 1984.510
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
Peyote Feather Fan
Danielle Shenandoah Patterson
Date: late 20th century
Medium: Beads, deerskin, feathers, and paint
Object number: 1995.8