North American Auction Company
Live Auction

New Year January Western Collector Sale

Sat, Jan 23, 2021 11:00AM EST
Lot 253

Arapaho Bi-Point Stone Skullcracker War Club 19th

Estimate: $650 - $950

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$0 $5
$50 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$25,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
The lot features a nice, authentic, late 19th Century bi-point stone head skull cracker war club, attributed to the Arapaho Native American Indians of Wyoming. The piece shows a polished stone head, showing an old grey to green coloring with incised lines being red in color, held to the wood haft through the center of the head and secured with a wrapping of parfleche rawhide. The haft is wrapped in an Indian tanned hide and shows a long, thick hide fringe drop held to the club with brass trade tacks. Provenance: From the old American Indian collection of Cyrus Eaton of London, England. The head measures 5 ¼ inches wide and the club is 17 ½ inches in length.
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