Club with stone head and covered in rawhide. With trade bead decoration. [SM 26/03/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Club with stone head and covered in rawhide. With trade bead decoration. [SM 26/03/2007]
Long description: Club with stone head and covered in rawhide. With trade bead decoration. A single length of sapling is bent around the head and the ends have been rejoined below the head to form the handle. This has then been covered in rawhide and allowed to dry. The club is decorated with glass trade beads, porcupine quills, hair and metal cones. The head is decorated with red hair tassels and red binding o the raw hide around the stone. The beads are red, white and black on the head. There are blue and white beads around the centre of the shaft. The decoration on the head indicates that the club was used for ceremonial purposes. [SM 26/03/2007]
Geographical reference: Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada; United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America
Cultural groups: Native American
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Four Counties Scout Training Station; PRM source Richard C. Lowndes
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1940
Date collected: By 1940
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1940
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Material Wood Plant, Material Bead, Material Hair, Material Metal, Material Quill, Material Animal Rawhide Skin, Process Beadwork, Process Quillwork, Process Dyed, Process Bound
Object numbers: Accession number: 1940.7.0413

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