Maple with burl; thongs; sinew; red pigment; feathers, including turkey and two with blue colouration and therefore probably blue jay, kingfisher or bluebird; natural coloured quills on one of the attachments.

Engraved and burnt decoration on handle. Two double holes in handle for attachments

7 horizonal bars with a sawtooth motif under each on upper portion of one side of the shaft and under these of line of four schmatic figures with linked arms. above them is a line of seven concave arcs also with sawtooth border' ball is held in a bird claw; There is a horizontal band of three zigzag (chip carved) lines across the top of the spine, and along the 'spine' of the shaft there is a pattern that reads both as a line of diamonds and 10 "X:s. On the other side of the shaft there are three schematic figures with heads and three without and seven bars bordered by sawtooth 'chip' carving above. Note also a line of four arcs that changes into a zigzag line that borders these motifs.

Ruth Phillips, Patterns of Power: This club has motifs of Thunderbirds and Thunderbird-men on one side and a series of decoratively engraved coup marks on the other.

Label adhered to relative: "SCIENCE & ART MUSEUM, DUBLIN / 1902 / ART / 352".

Jasper Grant served as commandant of Fort George in the Niagara Peninsula and of Fort Malden at Amherstburg opposite Detroit from 1800-1809.

Jasper Grant (1762-1812), Anglo-Irish officer who spent 9 years in Canada between 1800-1809. Served as commandant of Fort George in the Niagara Peninsula and of Fort Malden at Amherstburg opposite Detroit. It is likely that his wife, Isabella Grant, played a significant role in the collection of items given her close relationship to Madeline Askin Richardson, the daughter of a prominent fur trader and merchant with extensive ties to the surrounding Indigenous communities.

GRASAC researcher notes from a visit to the National Museum of Ireland on July 21, 2010.

In 1984-1985 the Jasper Grant Collection was featured in a special travelling exhibition for the Ontario bicentennial, which was organized by the McMichael Canadian Collection and entitled "Patterns of Power."

Phillips, Ruth. Patterns of Power. Kleinburg, On.: McMichael Canadian Collection, 1984.

Philips, Ruth B. (1986-87). “Jasper Grant and Edward Walsh: the Gentleman-Soldier as Early Collector of Great Lakes Indian Art.” Journal of Canadian Studies 21(4): 56-71.

Maker, Name unrecorded. Club, ball-headed. GRASAC ID: 25905. National Museum of Ireland, 1902.352.

This record has been augmented by Dana Murray on August 15, 2024. It draws on information recorded during the GRASAC research trip to the National Museum of Ireland on July 21, 2010. Participants included Alan Corbiere, Bhnens Corbiere, Crystal Migwans, Nikolaus Stolle, Rachel Hand, and Ruth Phillips, who were assisted by Padraig Clancy.