War Club
date: label: Accession Date
content: 31 Dec 1867
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of War
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "2645 - EXHIBIT HALL 9." Formerly on exhibit in NHB Hall 9, case 23. Exhibit label identified as: "War club in the shape of a gunstock with metal spike inserted, Missouri Valley, period 1850."
label: Notes
content: Entered in the original ledger catalog as from the War Department, no cultural designation given. Marked on specimen as War Dept. Length: 28". A gunstock or "rabbit-leg" war club.
label: Notes
content: Bladed gunstock club listed on p. 20 of Feest, Christian. “On the Trail of the Duke's Club. Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württtemberg, Bladed Gunstock Clubs, and Evidence.” ERNAS Occasional Papers 1, 2023; https://www.academia.edu/96108242/On_the_Trail_of_the_Dukes_Club_Duke_Paul_Wilhelm_of_W%C3%BCrtttemberg_Bladed_Gunstock_Clubs_and_Evidence?source=swp_share .
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Feb 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Missouri River Valley, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 67A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2645-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club