War Club Item Number: 50.67.66 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This club has 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 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.
Credit Line
Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund
Item History
- Made between 1800 and 1825
What
- Name
- War Club
- Identification Number
- 50.67.66
- Type of Item
- war club
- Material
- wood, feather, silk ribbon and pigment
- Overall
- length 25.5 in, width 8.0 in, height 0.75 in
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1800 and 1825
Other
- Classification
- Arms and Armor