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War Club16/2106

ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GULF OF GEORGIA AND PUGET SOUND. SMITH, HARLAN I. MEMOIRS, 4, 1907

Culture
Nuu Chah Nulth: Clayoquath
Material
whale bone, cedar bark and pigment
Made in
West Coast, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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War Club16/624
Maul Or War Club, SealE/84
Club (Reproduction)1936.251 A-C

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
spruce wood, skin, metal and varnish
Holding Institution
Nova Scotia Museum
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War ClubE/2529
War Club, Caribou HornE/2448
War Club30.1293

Museum Expedition 1930, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund and the Museum Collection Fund

Culture
Kamaragoto
Material
light hardwood
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Inlayed War Club50.67.71

The Sioux gun stock club (bottom in photograph) is made of red pipestone too brittle to use for battle. It may have been used in ceremonies since the lead inlays represent potent images; the sun, a bison, a deer, a thunderbird, hearts and arrows. Alternatively, it may have been made for sale. The reverse side at one time also had lead inlays and shows markings that may be more related to astrological signs, half moons, stars and crossed diamonds.

Culture
Sioux
Material
steatite stone and lead
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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War Club50.67.75

This wooden club is the gunstock type but it is without a metal blade. It is ornamented with chip carving and brass tacks, but one side is decorated with incising applied by fire or a hot metal tool. The original Jarvis (collector) inscription for the piece reads," Chippeway War Club."

Culture
Eastern and Sioux
Material
wood and brass nail
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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