Staff or War Club Item Number: X730 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Central Plains. This club would be carried in dances as a something that gave status and position to a man for instance the Buffalo Dance Society. Should not have any restrictions as these were individual ownership.
Credit Line
Brooklyn Museum Collection
Item History
- Made between 1875 and 1900
What
- Name
- Staff or War Club
- Identification Number
- X730
- Type of Item
- war club, staff and or
- Material
- stone, hide, bison horn, owl feather, horse hair and ochre
- Measurements
- “21 7/8 in. (55.5 cm)” ?
Who
- Culture
- Plains
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1875 and 1900
Other
- Classification
- Arms and Armor