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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
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.
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;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
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]
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: date unknown
Medium: Leather, wood, stone, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.547
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Wood, leather and stone
Object number: 1984.546
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1834
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.548
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1850-75
Medium: Wood, metal, sinew, and feathers
Object number: 1984.549
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: date unknown
Medium: Stone with paint
Object number: 1984.550
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