Club
Date:
1880/1900
Medium:
Carved wood, brass tacks, iron blade, glass mirror, porcupine quill, leather thong, pigment
Dimensions:
25 x 6 1/2 inches (63.5 x 16.5 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Andy Nasser
Object number:
1983.63
Ball headed club with disk finial at handle and engraved, eight-pointed design. Handle wrapped with porcupine quill, zig-zag contour along forward edge. Ball head is painted green and blue with iron spike and has face carved at top, painted red above cheeks, black coiffure with hot file marks. Brass tacks ornament various portions of the club.
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