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Date
1880 – 1910
Material
stone; wood; skin; metal; hair, buffalo; feather, eagle; sinew
Catalogue Number
104.06.0004
Description
A war club/pony club made of an oval-shaped stone attached to a leather-covered stick handle with a leather strap. The leather strap has a tuft of eagle down at its end. The end of the handle has a leather loop with a bunch of long dark bison hair tied together at one end.
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Title
Club
Date
1880 – 1910
Material
stone; wood; skin; metal; hair, buffalo; feather, eagle; sinew
Dimensions
55.0 cm
Description
A war club/pony club made of an oval-shaped stone attached to a leather-covered stick handle with a leather strap. The leather strap has a tuft of eagle down at its end. The end of the handle has a leather loop with a bunch of long dark bison hair tied together at one end.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
military
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.06.0004
Images
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Date
1935 – 1945
Material
wood; stone; skin; fibre; metal
Catalogue Number
104.06.0011
Description
Small shaped stone clubhead with handle made from poplar branch which has been bent over clubhead and back on itself. The two ends of the branch forming the handle are tightly bound together with a strip of leather wound about them and nailed into them. The clubhead is held securely in place by ban…
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Title
Club
Date
1935 – 1945
Material
wood; stone; skin; fibre; metal
Dimensions
5.0 x 11.5 x 44.7 cm
Description
Small shaped stone clubhead with handle made from poplar branch which has been bent over clubhead and back on itself. The two ends of the branch forming the handle are tightly bound together with a strip of leather wound about them and nailed into them. The clubhead is held securely in place by bands of leather wrapped around many times and held in place with nails and wire. Apiece of hemp cord is tied around notch at bottom of handle.
Subject
Indigenous
warfare
hunting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.06.0011
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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