Club

Item number 2762/39 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Beaded swinging club. Heavy stone ? ball, covered with skin and four lines of pink, light blue and navy beads that extend up into a beaded rawhide strap, is tied to and hangs from another beaded strap that is nailed into the top of a short wood staff. The staff is covered with a sheath of light brown fabric around which are coiled strings of beads in bands of light blue, navy, green, pink, silver coloured metal, mustard, translucent red, and turquoise. A piece of rawhide leather with fringes is stitched to either end of the sheath.

Item History

Made in Canada before 1910
Collected during 1900
Owned by William Murison before 1950
Owned by Barbara Cousins and Edward Cousins before September 7, 2009
Received from Barbara Cousins (Donor) and Edward Cousins (Donor) on September 7, 2009