E0345: Club

Ethnographic

Identifier:
E0345
Classification Category:
5:Tools & Equipment for Science and Technology ➞ Armament ➞ Bludgeon
Marks/Labels:
TAG: "War club" (this tag is no longer with object)
Materials:
animal ➔ hide/skin ➔ leather
stone/minerals
botanical ➔ wood
Dimensions:
45 cm L
8.5 cm W
5 cm H
Provenance of Object:
This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Source Locality:
USA
Description:
Club made out of strips of leather over an unknown substances and a stone of reddish brown in color.
Related Collections
Accession: 1996.ETHN62, 1/1/96
Donated by: Unknown
(1996.ETHN62)