E0486: Club

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0486

Classification Category:

5:Tools & Equipment for Science and Technology ➞ Armament ➞ Bludgeon

Marks/Labels:

TAG "Pueblo war club...A small rount sonte was wrapped in green leather as was the stick handle; this leather shrank as it dried forming a vise grip. For ornamentation hair from a horse's tail has been fastened on this cover. (Pre- Columbian type)"

Materials:

animal ➔ hide/skin ➔ leather
stone/minerals
botanical ➔ wood
animal ➔ hair

Dimensions:

73.5 cm L
4.5 cm W

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, Southwest

Description:

Possible an inflictor club, with a round stone sewn within a leather casing that covers the wooden shaft.

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