Collection: Kinker

Item Number: KCClub0006

Category: Club

Region: Plains

Tribe: Osage

Period: 1800-1825

Materials: Hardwood; brass tacks; green paint

Description: Osage war club, tacked and covered with green pigment. The end of the handle has a heart cut-out and the curve of the club follows the grain of the wood.

Dimensions: Length 23.25 inches

Provenance:

Western Missouri Collection, 1980.

References:

Baldwin, John, Indian War Clubs of the American Frontier, Early American Artistry-Trading Company, West Olive, Michigan, 2001, pp 21, Fig. 057.

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