War Club
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1877
name: label: Collector
content: Lewis & Clark Expedition
label: Collector
content: Thomas Nuttall
label: Donor Name
content: Lewis And Clark Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ACCESSION BOOK STATES THIS IS "FROM LEWIS AND CLARK'S EXPEDITION. ROCKY MTS.? PRESENTED BY THOS. NUTTALL TO PROF. S.S. HALDEMAN." ACCESSIONED APRIL 17, 1877." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "(WAR CLUB).---THE HEAD IS A SPHERICAL STONE OF ABOUT 2 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER; THE HANDLE IS MADE OF WOOD. THE ENTIRE SLUNG SHOT IS TIGHTLY COVERED WITH LEATHER. THE HEAD HANGS ABOUT 2 1/2 INCHES FROM THE HANDLE, BEING SUSPENDED BY THE SAME PIECE OF LEATHER THAT COVERS THEM BOTH. A SMALL STRING LOOP IS ATTACHED TO THE UPPER END OF THE HANDLE. LENGTH, 14 1/2 INCHES. SIOUX INDIANS. NEG. NO. 43877-A. 27,049. FROM LEWIS & CLARKE'S EXPEDITION. PRESENTED BY THOM. NUTTALL TO PROF. S. S. HALDERMAN [sic]." See above - this piece has been identified as having been collected by Lewis and Clark. Thomas Nuttall, who gave the club to the donor, was a contemporary of Lewis and Clark and thus could possibly have acquired this artifact from them. Nuttall (1786-1859) was a botanist and ornithologist who made a number of collecting expeditions himself. He went up the Missouri River from St. Louis in 1811, and in 1834 went from St. Louis to the Columbia River. - F. Pickering 1-4-2005
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Jun 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005818
label: USNM Number
content: E27049-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 36.8 cm