War Club
Unknown people (Plains)
Plains
Stone, wood, rawhide, leather, beads, and black paint
Overall: 20 7/8 × 2 9/16 × 1 3/8 in. (53 × 6.5 × 3.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Ernest Knaebel
44.10.8705
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Provenance
Collection History: Mrs. Ernest (Cornelia Park) Knaebel (1874-1947; mother-in-law of Wilfred Wedgwood Bowen, Dartmouth Professor of Zoology, Curator of the Dartmouth College Museum, 1934-1945, and Director of the museum); given to present collection, 1944.
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