club, gunstock

club, gunstock

club, gunstock

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Nation of Maker: Sioux
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
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E002645
Collection at Current Location: US War Department Collection
GKS Reference Number: 25401
Approximate Place of Origin

45.7335, -82.1694