club with stone head, unrecorded Hinono’eino or Numunuu artist

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unrecorded Hinono’eino or Numunuu artist, club with stone head
unrecorded Hinono’eino or Numunuu artist, club with stone head
unrecorded Hinono’eino or Numunuu artist
club with stone head
late 1800s–early 1900s
club with stone head, late 1800s–early 1900s
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: wood; dyeing; stone; rawhide; plant fiber; hoof; horse hair; buckskin
Dimensions:
Object Length/Width/Depth (Length x Width x Depth): 59 x 14.5 x 3 cm
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): 23 1/4 x 5 11/16 x 1 3/16 in
Credit line: Gift from the Menninger Foundation
Accession number: 2007.3890
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Passages: Persistent Visions of a Native Place," Sep-2011, Nancy Mahaney Clubs like this one were used by the Arapaho in dances as well as war. This particular club/dance stick has carved notches on one end and the wooden handle is covered with rawhide. Tied to the handle is a horsetail that is gray with red-dyed tips. Pounded into the pointed end of the club is the Maltese cross or morning star, along with additional circles that may indicate other star constellations. Also tied to the handle is a group of three tassels made of plant fiber with deer toes. The other side of the club has the design of the Maltese cross or morning star pounded into the stone. Although the name Comanche is written on one end, our research indicates that the object as Arapahoe.