War-Club
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Jesse W. Griest
label: Donor Name
content: Jesse W. Griest
notes: label: Notes
content: LEDGER BOOK IDENTIFIES COLLECTION AS BEING FROM "OTOES AND MISSOURIA INDIANS KANSAS AND GAGE CO. NEBRASKA." FROM CARD: "HANDLE FLATTENED, WITH TWO CIRCULAR SEGMENTS CUT FROM BENEATH, LEAVING A POINTED PROJECTION NEAR THE CENTER. HEAD, A WOODEN BALL APPARENTLY TURNED FROM THE SAME PIECE OF WOOD. THE WORKMANSHIP IS VERY SKILLFUL; AND A REPTILE FIGURE HAS BEEN CARVED ON THE BEND OF THE HANDLE. A PENDANT OF DEER DEWCLAWS HANGS FROM THE HEAD. ILLUS. IN BAE 13TH AR, FIG. 321, P. 284. ILLUS.: EWERS, JOHN C. PLAINS INDIAN SCULPTURE; PL. 19, PG. 27. IDENTIFIED THERE AS WEASEL EFFIGY WAR CLUB."
label: Notes
content: Ball head club.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Oct 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Gage County (Nebraska), Nebraska / Kansas, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Otoe
label: Culture
content: Missouria (Missouri)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005251
label: USNM Number
content: E22419-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club