Club
Item number D1.32 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Elongated, cylindrical club covered in skin underneath beads patterned in a repeated design of red, yellow, red then blue stripes. The ends of the club have skin fringe and dangling piece of skin that is covered in beads and ends with a fringe as well as pink and purple feathers. The end opposite to the skin, oval shaped, beaded handle, has a longer piece of skin with a fabric, beaded, elongated spherical ball in the middle, decorated in a blue, yellow, red and dark red geometric pattern.
History Of Use
Ceremonial war club.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1934
- Collected between 1893 and 1934
- Owned by George Henry Raley before November 1948
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George Henry Raley (Seller) during November 1948
What
- Name
- Club
- Identification Number
- D1.32
- Type of Item
- club
- Material
- wood, leather skin, fibre and feather
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and beaded
- Overall
- height 32.6 cm, width 56.0 cm, depth 4.4 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Ktunaxa
- Previous Owner
- George Henry Raley
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and George Henry Raley (Seller)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1934
- Collection Date
- between 1893 and 1934
- Ownership Date
- before November 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- beadwork
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1960/0640
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