Stone Headed War Club
Item
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Title
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Stone Headed War Club
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Tribe
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Unknown
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Accession Number
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NAO-1
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Collector
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Dr. F. Ward
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Description
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This stone-headed war club, loaned to Lafayette College by Dr. Freeman Ward, is most likely from either the Rosebud Sioux tribe or Oglala Sioux, a branch of the Lakota people of South Dakota, where Dr. Ward conducted much of his surveying work. Though earlier iterations of this beaded club were used for battle, later iterations were intended for ceremonial use. Dr. Ward’s work as a professor in the Geology department at Lafayette likely led him to loan the object to the college for teaching. Unfortunately, it was placed in storage and never returned.
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