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Great American West Collector Auction

Sat, Apr 27, 2019 12:00PM EDT
Lot 92

Lakota Sioux Beaded Pewter Inlaid War Club c. 1890

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$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 wonderful Lakota Sioux Native American Indian stone head war club dating to circa 1890-1900. The war club shows a catlinite pipestone expertly hand carved head showing four silver pewter symbol inlays of arrows and stars along with two silver pewter bands, a truly artistic addition. The war club has been paired with a wood haft handle that has been completely covered in period correct linear traditional geometric glass trade seed beadwork having such colors of chalk white, greasy yellow, cobalt, medium green and semi-transparent translucent red. At the end of the war club tomahawk shows two wide flaps that act as the fringe or beaded drop, these flaps are of the one piece of Indian tanned hide that covers the entire haft handle. The fringe drops are fancy beaded along the edge. The piece shows a very good overall condition with little to no bead loss. Provenance: From a large Native American Indian artifact collection out of Iowa. Measures overall 27"L from the top of the war club head to the bottom of the fringe. The club itself is 20.75"L with a 6"L x 2.25"W X 2.25"D.

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