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Catalog Number CAS 0539-0009   CAS 0539-0009; Club
Category Bead & Leatherwork; Weaponry
Object Name Club
Culture Sioux
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. North Dakota or South Dakota
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture late 1800s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Stone; Wood; Rawhide; Glass beads; String; Horsehair
Description Fixed-stone head is painted red on both ends and hafted to shaft with a length of sapling; Head, haft and shaft are covered with rawhide; Both proximal and distal ends of shaft have fringed hide bands which are beaded along continuous strands of green, red and yellow beads; Shaft is ended with horsehair dyed yellow.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 12.5, Depth = 6.5, Length = 61.9