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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Datedate unknown
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.
Collections
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.).
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.
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]
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood, leather, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.544
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Wood, leather and stone
Object number: 1984.546
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood and leather
Object number: 1984.545
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather; blue and white glass beads
Object number: 1984.537
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Tanned leather, sinew, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.532
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with glass beads, metal, and coin
Object number: 1984.538
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather and glass beads
Object number: 1984.536
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and sinew
Object number: 1984.543
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and tin cone dangles
Object number: 1984.542
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew, porcupine quill, yarn, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.533
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew and glass seed beads
Object number: 1984.534
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with glass beads, porcupine quill, dyed horsehair-filled tin cone dangles, and cotton cloth
Object number: 1984.540a-b