We just got this new artifact in and I had to share!
This Ojibwe war club is one of the finest in existence. It depicts a wolf with an open mouth and metal blade inserted into it. We have some of the best-known Native American war club examples on public display, but this one will most likely be the centerpiece.
It is from the Great Lakes region and has quite a history! It was acquired in 1969 in Brussels, Belgium, from a French family who had " Colonial ties to North America". The war club was examined by Dr. William Fagg of the British Museum in the 1970's; he felt that it dated from the period C. 1780-1820. George Shaw, Art and Passion (1999, p.22) illustrated this club, and identified it as a Minnesota Ojibwa work of c. 1820.
This Ojibwe war club is one of the finest in existence. It depicts a wolf with an open mouth and metal blade inserted into it. We have some of the best-known Native American war club examples on public display, but this one will most likely be the centerpiece.
It is from the Great Lakes region and has quite a history! It was acquired in 1969 in Brussels, Belgium, from a French family who had " Colonial ties to North America". The war club was examined by Dr. William Fagg of the British Museum in the 1970's; he felt that it dated from the period C. 1780-1820. George Shaw, Art and Passion (1999, p.22) illustrated this club, and identified it as a Minnesota Ojibwa work of c. 1820.
