Club

Presented to George A. Dodds while he was the Indian Agent in File Hills, Saskatchewan c. 1939. Dodds was made an honorary chief by the Okanese Band (now part of the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council) on July 1, 1939, during the File Hills sporting day events. This club may have been associated with that presentation event.

Beaded cow horn club. The head is made of two cow horns with the tips pointing outward from the centre. A piece of checked fabric in yellow, white and dark purple is wrapped around the centre where the horns join. Furred hide is wrapped around the fabric, and white feathers are attached at top. The handle is covered in small glass beads of white, black, dark blue and orange. Two strips of hide hang from the bottom of the handle and join at their distal ends, edged in green and orange beads, with transparent beads decorating the centre. At the bottom is a finely cut leather tassel.