Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) artist. Club. mid 1700s. Maple wood. Gift of Mrs. Effie Parkhill. 1951.300.

length: 19 1/2 in, 49.53 cm; width: 1 1/2 in, 3.81 cm; diameter: 4 in, 10.1600 cm

Native Arts

Indigenous Arts of North America

This object is currently on view

This elegantly shaped club is a wonderful example of the sculptor’s art in which form and function are masterfully joined. As a utilitarian weapon it has a large and heavy ball-shaped head, while the perfectly arched and tapered handle is powerfully completed with the head of an animal.

Found on the Gilchrist farm, adjoining the Braddock battlefield, PA. Mrs. S. Effie, Denver, CO, between 1936-1951; Denver Art Museum, 1951.

• Frederic H. Douglas exhibition of Indian Art at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City that he co-curated with Rene d’Harnoncourt in 1941
• "Two Hundred Years of Native American Art" at the Whitney Museum of American Art, November 16, 1971-January 9, 1972