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War Club

Arts of the Americas

MEDIUM Wood, feather, silk ribbon, pigment
  • Possible Place Collected: Fort Snelling, Minnesota, United States
  • DATES early 19th century
    DIMENSIONS 25 1/2 x 8 x 3/4 in. (64.8 x 20.3 x 1.9 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
    ACCESSION NUMBER 50.67.66
    CREDIT LINE Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1848, provenance not yet documented; by 1848, acquired by Nathan Sturges Jarvis; 1848, gift of Nathan Sturges Jarvis to the New-York Historical Society, New York, NY; 1937, loaned by the New-York Historical Society to the Brooklyn Museum; 1950, purchased from the New-York Historical Society by the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Club in the shape of a gunstock, thus the sobriquet 'gunstock club'. It may have been used for dance, men’s celebrations, gatherings, and societies. The stock end is decorated with red paint and fire markings. Eagle feathers attached to one end have pinked edges. Ribbons decorate the handle, and green military braid serves as a wrist hold.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Chippewa (Anishinaabe). War Club, early 19th century. Wood, feather, silk ribbon, pigment, 25 1/2 x 8 x 3/4 in. (64.8 x 20.3 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.66. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.50.67.66_view1.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.50.67.66_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006
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    Chippewa (Anishinaabe). <em>War Club</em>, early 19th century. Wood, feather, silk ribbon, pigment, 25 1/2 x 8 x 3/4 in. (64.8 x 20.3 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.66. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.50.67.66_view1.jpg)