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拍品 203
A GREAT LAKES BALL HEAD WAR CLUB
POSSIBLY CHIPPEWA
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USD 31,200
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A GREAT LAKES BALL HEAD WAR CLUB
POSSIBLY CHIPPEWA
the flattened shaft of expanding rectangular section, with pointed butt and recessed grip, decorated overall with branding, possibly done with a heated rasp, one side incised with twelve headless human figures, understood to represent vanquished enemies, each side with an incised thunderbird with zigzag lines radiating from the head and filled with vermillion pigment, the curving spine decorated with hemispherical brass tacks, the ball head with iron spike; wrought iron base
Length: 23 in. (58.4 cm.)
POSSIBLY CHIPPEWA
the flattened shaft of expanding rectangular section, with pointed butt and recessed grip, decorated overall with branding, possibly done with a heated rasp, one side incised with twelve headless human figures, understood to represent vanquished enemies, each side with an incised thunderbird with zigzag lines radiating from the head and filled with vermillion pigment, the curving spine decorated with hemispherical brass tacks, the ball head with iron spike; wrought iron base
Length: 23 in. (58.4 cm.)
A GREAT LAKES BALL HEAD WAR CLUB
POSSIBLY CHIPPEWA
the flattened shaft of expanding rectangular section, with pointed butt and recessed grip, decorated overall with branding, possibly done with a heated rasp, one side incised with twelve headless human figures, understood to represent vanquished enemies, each side with an incised thunderbird with zigzag lines radiating from the head and filled with vermillion pigment, the curving spine decorated with hemispherical brass tacks, the ball head with iron spike; wrought iron base
Length: 23 in. (58.4 cm.)
POSSIBLY CHIPPEWA
the flattened shaft of expanding rectangular section, with pointed butt and recessed grip, decorated overall with branding, possibly done with a heated rasp, one side incised with twelve headless human figures, understood to represent vanquished enemies, each side with an incised thunderbird with zigzag lines radiating from the head and filled with vermillion pigment, the curving spine decorated with hemispherical brass tacks, the ball head with iron spike; wrought iron base
Length: 23 in. (58.4 cm.)
Ex-collection: Connecticut Historical Society