Collection: Kinker

Item Number: KCClub0010

Category: Club

Region: Northeast

Tribe: Sauk and Fox

Period: 1825-1850

Materials: Hardwood; leather

Description: Fine, compact war club from the time of the Blackhawk War, circa 1830. Handle is wrapped in pigmented hide with a patch of beaver or otter skin attached.

Dimensions: Length 18.75 inches

Provenance:

Jim Ritchie Collection
Deaccessioned

References:

Baldwin, John, Indian War Clubs of the American Frontier, Early American Artistry-Trading Company, West Olive, Michigan, 2001, pp18, Fig. 037.

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