The lot features a beautiful and artful late 19th Century tacked ball head war club with spike attributed to the Sioux Indians of South Dakota. The piece is carved from one piece of wood with the head being the root burl of the tree with some burl pits visible. The haft handle is elaborately adorned with brass tacks with the ball being a darker color. There is an old tarnished iron spike that is secured too the center of the root burl ball head. The brass tacking showing a fantastic pattern with double zig-zag band and double band framing the head on one side and the other showing three tacked circles (two with six outside tacks and one at the center; one with seven on the outside and one at the center) as well as two diagonal double parallel bands both with six in each double band, ie 12 per double band. The gripping area is also framed with tacking on both sides. Brass tacking tells a story which likely is a signature representation the tribe, war band, society band or tells a story with each being unique to the owner of the piece. The haft has minor loss to the finish in spots from honest age and use and a worn gripping area. Truly an attractive example from the late 1800’s, Indian Wars era. Similar to examples in American Indians Tomahawks by Harold L. Peterson figure 2 and 6 pages 85 and 86; ball head war clubs from the late 19th Century one Iroquois and the other Plains. Provenance: From the ex-collection of Jim Bastian in Kansas City, Mo. Total measurements are 18.5”L with the spike protruding 2”L from the head.