War club
name: label: Culture/People
content: Sioux
label: MAI Agent
content: Charles F. Newcombe (C.F. Newcombe), Non-Indian, 1851-1924
label: Possible collector
content: Edgar Dewdney, Non-Indian, 1835-1916
label: Previous owner
content: Edgar Dewdney, Non-Indian, 1835-1916
label: Presenter/funding source
content: James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of Edgar Dewdney (1835-1916), Indian commissioner for Canada's Northwest Territories (1879-1888), Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories (1881-1888), and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (1892-1897), and probably collected by him between 1879 and 1888; purchased by MAI from his widow Blanche Kemeys-Tynte Dewdney (1854-1936) through Charles F. Newcombe (1851-1924, a physician and collector in British Columbia) in 1917 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Plains; USA, Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Sioux
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 7/2422
label: Barcode
content: 072422.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: War club
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone, rawhide
label: Techniques
content: Pecked