Small war club constructed of a stick handle attached to a rock head with a secure wrap of rawhide / Wieghorst Studio Collection
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Essay/Description
Small War Club (Drumstick) -- The club is constructed of a stick handle attached to a rock head with a secure wrap of rawhide. A buckskin band with yellow, red, blue, white, and orange seed beads decorates the butt end of the handle. A long streamer of hair is attached to the butt end of the handle.
Many Plains tribes used stone-headed clubs in warfare. These clubs often had a wooden handle, which would attach to the stone head with rawhide thongs. The handles of war clubs were often decorated with beads or quills and hair.