War Club
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Oct 1881
name: label: Collector
content: George Catlin
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Joseph Harrison Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Single piece ball headed wooden club with metal spike in ball head. Ball painted black; part of handle painted red. Other handle decoration includes 37 holes each about 1/8" diam. Painted heart (green) and incised lines one side, and heart and 4 painted "feather" designs other side." From late 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with card: "War Club. - Made from a single piece of wood. Handle made flat and goose-neck-like in shape. A ball is turned for the head, from which projects an iron spike. Numerous small perforations above the head. Length, 16 inches. Sioux (?) Indians."
label: Notes
content: Ball head club with metal spike.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Apr 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Plains (Northern), United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin) (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010638
label: USNM Number
content: E73280-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club