Hammer Item Number: 43.201.129 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This hammer has hide totally covering the wood handle and around the part that holds the stone to the handle. The tapered, grey stone hammer is chipped on one end. The other end has a rounded tip to it. There is one groove around the head at both ends.The condition on this one is a slightly chipped stone but it is nicely carved. This might have had a decorative horsetail hanging from it. Such clubs were used in dances before a hunt and had symbolic and ceremonial function not a war function. Members of a society carried these as badges of honor and emblems of office.
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks
Item History
- Made between 1800 and 1899
What
- Name
- Hammer
- Identification Number
- 43.201.129
- Type of Item
- hammer
- Material
- stone and rawhide hide
- Measurements
- “24 3/4 with stone hammer 6 in. (62.9 x 15.2 cm) Other: 24 3/4 with stone hammer 6 in. (62.9 x 15.2 cm)” ?
Who
- Culture
- Plains
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1800 and 1899
Other
- Classification
- Tool