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Date
1950 – 1965
Material
wood; stone; skin; feather
Catalogue Number
104.06.0016
Description
A club with swinging head. Handle from branch of tree with bark stripped off and wrapped with wide band of buckskin at end which is tightly sewn on. Bulbous mushroom shaped stone clubhead attached with buckskin thong around middle tied to end of strong cord of twisted buckskin, 12 cm long, which is…
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Title
Swinging Club
Date
1950 – 1965
Material
wood; stone; skin; feather
Dimensions
7.0 x 42.7 cm
Description
A club with swinging head. Handle from branch of tree with bark stripped off and wrapped with wide band of buckskin at end which is tightly sewn on. Bulbous mushroom shaped stone clubhead attached with buckskin thong around middle tied to end of strong cord of twisted buckskin, 12 cm long, which is secured to top of handle by narrow buckskin thongs tightly wrapped over it. Two feathers attached at this end of handle.
Subject
Indigenous
warfare
hunting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.06.0016
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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
stone; skin
Catalogue Number
104.06.0018
Description
A swinging club with head of carved sandstone with deep groove for handle thong and three shallow incised grooves decorating larger side. A flexible handle of twisted buckskin cord is knotted around groove in rock with both ends wrapped together with a buckskin strip just below rock and again in m…
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Title
Swinging Club
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
stone; skin
Dimensions
9.0 x 9.5 x 43.0 cm
Description
A swinging club with head of carved sandstone with deep groove for handle thong and three shallow incised grooves decorating larger side. A flexible handle of twisted buckskin cord is knotted around groove in rock with both ends wrapped together with a buckskin strip just below rock and again in middle of handle. Ends are knotted together with extra length of twisted buckskin hanging below.
Subject
Indigenous
warfare
hunting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.06.0018
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Date
prior to 1900
Material
mineral; skin
Catalogue Number
104.06.1006
Description
Braided thong handle, rawhide covered rock, oblong shaped pointed at the bottom end and flattened at the top end. There are three leather thongs braided into a rope (87.5 long) that forms a loop at its end (14.0x6.5cm)
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Title
Swinging Club
Date
prior to 1900
Material
mineral; skin
Dimensions
10.0 x 11.0 x 93.0 cm
Description
Braided thong handle, rawhide covered rock, oblong shaped pointed at the bottom end and flattened at the top end. There are three leather thongs braided into a rope (87.5 long) that forms a loop at its end (14.0x6.5cm)
Subject
Indigenous
warfare
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
104.06.1006
Images
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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