Ball-headed War Club with Spike Item Number: 50.67.61 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This ball headed war club has a metal spike on the ball. A design formed by tacks running along the edges and along the center is the motif on one side. The other side has an engraved floral design through the center with black and red pigment inside the grooves. Tacks also run along the edge of this side. Many of these clubs were used by men more for prestige, being carried similar to a cane, than for warfare.
Credit Line
Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund
Item History
- Made between 1800 and 1825
What
- Name
- Ball-headed War Club with Spike
- Identification Number
- 50.67.61
- Type of Item
- war club and spike
- Material
- wood, brass nail stud and pigment
- Overall
- length 24.25 in
Who
- Culture
- Menominee
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1800 and 1825
Other
- Classification
- Arms and Armor