club
club
club
Wooden ball-headed club decorated with thunderbird and other motifs. Northeastern North American, collected by W. Wareham and donated to the British Museum by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks in 1871.
Created from information found in the British Museum's object catalogue.
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Made from one piece of wood and painted with a reddish pigment.
The club is carved and painted. It has a scalloped edge with a handle terminating in a multi-pointed circle.
Thunderbird, diamond and zig zag motifs are carved onto one side of the club. The other side has an animal, arrow and star motif.
Henry Christy acquired this club in 1871.
Provenance
collected by Wareham and donated to the British Museum by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks in 1871.
About This GRASAC Record
Unknown artist, club. Currently in the British Museum, Am.7380. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 25110.
This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), John Borrows (JB), Lindsay Borrows (LB), Alan Corbiere (AC), Darlene Johnston (DJ), Henrietta Lidchi (HL), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Bruce Morito (BM), Ruth Phillips (RP), Anne De Stecher (AS), Cory Willmott (CW).