Ceremonial Club
About this object
Narrative
Physical description
Ceremonial war club. Club stick (part a) is long and relatively straight, covered in brown canvas and red felt. Ends are wrapped with narrow strips of fur. Top has an open loop created out of fur. Along the length of the stick are three tassels of horse hair, and several areas of blue glass beading, with the occasional inclusion of some brass beads. Part b is a round, hide wrapped stone. One half of the hide covering is painted dark blue. A braided thong of leather is sewn to the seams of the hide, and attaches two large cream and brown feathers and smaller red feathers with pink beading at the quills, and black glass beads around the thong, to the stone.
Categories
Date Made
Before 1910
Date Acquired
15 Aug 2016
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Part a: 78.5 cm x 8 cm x 3 cm
part b: 46 cm x 11 cm x 5.5 cm
Object Number
3194/31 a-b