This is an authentic 19th-century stone head war club with beadwork and horsehair hitching originating from the Comanche of the Southern Plains; ex-Bruce VanLandingham Sundog. The bi-point stone head war club shows a carved stone head with solid wood haft handle covered in Indian tanned buffalo hide parfleche rawhide, beadwork and both braided and hitched horsehair. The carve stone skullcracker / skull cracker head shows a small grooved carved into the stone wrapped in Indian tanned buffalo / bison hide that is sinew sewn with 1800’s old glass trade seed beads with the handle wrapped in Indian tanned buffalo / bison hide parfleche rawhide which is also sinew sewn. The beadwork on the head shows colors or red white hearts, black and greasy light blue. The hand shows a hitched horse hair section with natural mineral pigment colors of black, white, yellow, red and blue with whisp fringes of horse hair which are directed towards the head and the center section shows a braided horse tail hair woven portion showing natural and natural mineral pigment black and light orange with Indian tanned buffalo / bison hide wrapped gripping area. The bottom shows natural and natural mineral pigment horse tail hair whisp drop fringes. For reference see the Comanche Beaded & Horsehair War Club 19th Century also from Sundog Bruce VanLandingham sold by NAAC in November 2018 for $1,250; showing the same form with a carved stone head with beadwork on the hide wrap, hitched horse hair section just below the head with horse hair fringes, braided horse hair section at the middle. Provenance: From the renowned Sundog Fine Art Bozeman, Montana collection and collected by Bruce VanLandingham. Bruce VanLandingham was a pillar in the American Indian collecting community and a respected expert. Along with being an avid collector Bruce also was the sole owner of Sundog Fine Art Gallery in Bozeman which was both part museum and gallery. Measures overall 24.5-inches overall in length, head is 5.75-inches wide by 2.25-inches by 2.25-inches. The club head has been repaired by a previous collector as it was cracked, some bead loss is shown which exposes the sinew threads, an early weapons beadwork feature, the hide shows some slight ripping on top and dark coloring, but overall the piece displays beautifully.