club, ball-headed

club, ball-headed

club, ball-headed

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Introduction

Oneida wooden club. Head of possible long tailed being curves over the top of the ball head, and long tail extends to the handle end. Concentric circle with red centre found in front centre of ball head. Other motifs include parallel lines and chevrons. Belonged to a Dr. Ninham. Dr. Oronhyatekha Ethnology Collection.

Nation of Maker: Oneida
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

GRASAC generated by AN

Materials

Wood, red paint, nails (forming eyes)

Techniques or Format

Ball is a burl, shaft carved with four facets, each bordered by a raised edge. hole in handle end, and rectangular hole in back of long tailed being (for insertion of a spike or blade?)

Motifs and Patterns

Long tailed being, groups of diagonal parallel lines opposed directions forming chevron effect, three concentric circle in front centre of the ball, centre is red, then a band of unpainted wood, then a black outer circle

Dimensions: 0 × 13 × 63 cm
Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 911.3.167, HD 5823
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1911
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Independent Order of Foresters
Publication History

F. Barlow Cumberland, Catalogue and Notes of the Oronhyatekha Historical Collection (Toronto: Independent Order of Foresters, 1904), p 67, Item 422. "War Club of Dr. Ninham, Oneida Band; killed at St. Thomas."

GKS Reference Number: 1174
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, club, ball-headed. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 911.3.167. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 1174.

Record Creation Context

GRASAC team research trip to the Royal Ontario Museum, Dec 15-19 2008, funded by SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant. Participants: Heidi Bohaker, Alan Corbiere, Lewis Debassige, Anne De Stecher, Darlene Johnston, Stacey Loyer, Trudy Nicks, Ruth Phillips

Ethnography team, Dec 18: Cory Willmott, Trudy Nicks, Anne De Stecher, Ruth Phillips assisted by Tracey Forester

Approximate Place of Origin

42.3314, -83.0458

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