War Club
Object Details
- Collector
- Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen
- William Courtenay
- Donor Name
- Mrs. Mildred M. Hazen
- Commercial steel blade set into gunstock shaped wooden handle, painted red. Culture identification changed from Sioux to Hidatsa, Arikara, or Mandan by Candace Greene May 2017 based on a full review of the collecting history and consideration of general stylistic traits.
- Bladed gunstock club listed on p. 20 of Feest, Christian. “On the Trail of the Duke's Club. Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württtemberg, Bladed Gunstock Clubs, and Evidence.” ERNAS Occasional Papers 1, 2023; https://www.academia.edu/96108242/On_the_Trail_of_the_Dukes_Club_Duke_Paul_Wilhelm_of_W%C3%BCrtttemberg_Bladed_Gunstock_Clubs_and_Evidence?source=swp_share .
- Record Last Modified
- 1 Feb 2023
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Hidatsa (?)
- Arikara (Sahnish) (?)
- Mandan (?)
- Accession Date
- 25 May 1892
- Collection Date
- 1872
- Accession Number
- 025748
- USNM Number
- E154022-0
- Object Type
- Club
- Place
- Fort Buford, Williams County, Dakota Territory / North Dakota, United States, North America
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8343582
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36599aa8e-0e6c-4c48-924a-4979f2b067ed
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