Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8904036

Category: Club - Ball Head War Club

Region: Plains

Tribe: Oto

Period: 1825-1850

Materials: Maple wood; brass tacks; iron spike

Description: Sculptured handle is decorated with brass tacks and a carved otter mounted along the crest of the handle. Ball is fitted with an iror spike plus brass tack decoration. Hot file branding on otter and to rim of ball.

Dimensions: Length 22.25 inches 56.5 cm; Width 6.625 inches 16.8 cm.

Provenance:

Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010

References:

Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 53

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