stain; hardwood with burl, leather

Ball head war club of dark brown wood (maple?) stained darker in upper area. Thin handle and body stencil-cut with graceful silhouette; ornamental cutout in the upper handle; small piercing near the head; piercing near base with leather thong.

Shaft made of relatively thin flat wood with cutout motif of bar terminating in small circles at either end, and an outline of an animal biting the ball. Deer hoof at handle end with four indentations on bottom edge.

Item was pulled from DIA storage by request during the GRASAC visit, therefore detailed images are not yet available. GKS profile was created by Cory Wilmott during the visit and a DIA Inventory photograph was uploaded by Kelly Konieczki as a temporary place-holder image. KK also added all available information about the item from TMS after the visit, however did not research its supplementary files.