club

club

club

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Nation of Maker: Sioux
Materials

wood, metal, metal nail

Techniques or Format

single piece of wood carved; handle widens at top to come partially around the ball; metal piece extends from the ball, nail and smaller pieces of wood (?) wedged in

Motifs and Patterns

4 triangles with projecting lines that could be x shapes, suggestive of teepees and a Thunderbird with two wavy lines and a chevron for a heart on one side, long tailed being whose top contour is the contour of the club, its face is also on the other side; row of 13 trapezoidal forms along the side of shaft and series of parallel engraved lines, 7, 9, 6, (two groups of engraved lines along shaft, 7 groups along bottom)

Condition: good, two cracks on ball
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E002649
GKS Reference Number: 26759
Approximate Place of Origin

44.16098, -91.78108