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Property Of Another Owner, Lots 325-326
Lot 326

A Plains single-blade war club

Withdrawn
Amended
19 June 2017, 11:00 PDT
San Francisco

US$6,000 - US$9,000

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A Plains single-blade war club

An incised running up the front edge of the haft on either side, a trio of parallel bands across the top end, relief-carved details, the handle terminating at a carved ball with tacked design, brass tacking along the outer edge, the trade knife blade fastened with iron rivets.
length 25 1/4in

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Provenance
The present owner notes: "Originally acquired around 1910 by early collector Bill Edwards at Rosebud, SD. Later sold to collector Albert Miller. Half of Miller's collection, such as this war club, were sold privately, and the other half was donated to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, PA... later acquired by collector/scholar/author Fred Crissman of Pittsburgh, and
pictured in his book Plains Art: A Study of Artifacts of the Central Plains"

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