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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Datec. 1875
MediumStone, wood, leather, and glass beads
DimensionsOverall: 32 1/2 in. × 4 1/2 in. × 2 in. (82.6 × 11.4 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.544
Not on view
DescriptionOne of four red and yellow stone head war clubs.
"Plains tribe, stonehead war club, beaded flap on end."
Collections
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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 cover of stone: NAPl 19 / E100 [crossed out]
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. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood and leather
Object number: 1984.545
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: c. 1875
Medium: Tanned leather, sinew, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.532
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: date unknown
Medium: Leather and glass beads
Object number: 1984.536
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with brass tacks, glass beads, sinew, and thread
Object number: 1984.539
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather, porcupine quill, feathers, tin cones, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.535
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: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and sinew
Object number: 1984.543
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew, porcupine quill, yarn, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.533