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Date
1900 – 1920
Material
stone; wood; skin; glass
Catalogue Number
104.06.0001
Description
A war club with a leather-wrapped handle painted with red and black bands and decorated with rings of black and pink beads. The club’s stone head is covered with leather, and attached loosely, but securely to the handle. The head is painted with a red and black design (X on one side). The club h…
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Title
Club
Date
1900 – 1920
Material
stone; wood; skin; glass
Dimensions
93.0 cm
Description
A war club with a leather-wrapped handle painted with red and black bands and decorated with rings of black and pink beads. The club’s stone head is covered with leather, and attached loosely, but securely to the handle. The head is painted with a red and black design (X on one side). The club has tassels of soft leather fringe with beads hanging from the head and the end of the club.
Subject
Indigenous, Salish
ceremonial
military
crafts
decorative
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.06.0001
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Date
n.d.
Material
stone
Catalogue Number
104.06.0002
Description
A club head made from a rounded stone with an indent carved around the middle of the stone. The thongs used to attach the head to a wooden handle would have been tied around this indent, and then secured to the handle.
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Title
Club
Date
n.d.
Material
stone
Description
A club head made from a rounded stone with an indent carved around the middle of the stone. The thongs used to attach the head to a wooden handle would have been tied around this indent, and then secured to the handle.
Subject
Indigenous, Plains
military
hunting
crafts
carving
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.06.0002
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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
n.d.
Material
stone
Catalogue Number
104.06.0005
Description
A war club head made from a rounded stone with a deeply incised line around its middle to hold thongs attaching it to a handle.
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Title
Club
Date
n.d.
Material
stone
Description
A war club head made from a rounded stone with a deeply incised line around its middle to hold thongs attaching it to a handle.
Subject
Indigenous
military
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.06.0005
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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