club, gunstock
club, gunstock
club, gunstock
Nation of Maker:
Sioux
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Materials
wood, metal (steel & brass), hide, skin, woven thread, copper pins/nail
Techniques or Format
gunstock club with metal spike, single piece of wood, hole at bottom of handle, blade is steel, plate is brass, pins in plate and peg in wood is copper (according to Eric Hollinger)
Motifs and Patterns
four rows of zig zags whose negatives create three rows of connected diamonds; with curve lines / festoons; on metal spike, four circular perforations and radiating lines and crescent shape with engraved radiating lines; metal has scalloped metal
Other Notes
initials IM stamped on the metal
Dimensions:
71 × 32 × 0 cm
Condition:
looks like there used to be an ornament attached, but the tie has disintegrated
Provenance
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
E002645
Collection at Current Location:
US War Department Collection
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
25401
Approximate Place of Origin