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Horned Underwater Monster War Club
A club styled after an original
1750-1775 Ojibwa club:
- Club depicts a horned underwater monster holding the ball in its mouth
- Made from curly maple with a small amount of burl in the ball
- Single-piece construction for durability as done on the originals
- One side of the club features totems and heiroglyphs depicting lower world creatures consisting of a sturgeon, gar and a water bug; also on this side are line heiroglyphs
depicting water
- The other side of the club features totems and heiroglyphs depicting upper world beings consisting of a fox or wolf, beaver (which can be construed as an upper or lower world being - in this case upper,
water bird (similar to a crane) and features the horned monster which holds the ball in its mouth; the monster also has a heart line running from his mouth through his body
- Club has been aged with cut marks and scratches characteristic of many years of use; stain has been rubbed back to emulate wear patterns
- Hand made drop includes a black raven feather, a red dyed feather and simulated bird of prey; red and black feathers are notched to signify scalps and kills taken by the club; drop also includes a hand rolled brass cone
filled with red dyed deer hair and a brass cross made from a worn out salvaged kettle, both the brass cone and cross and finished off with small trade beads and aged appropriately
- This piece of maple was collected from the lower Salt Creek region of Hocking County, Ohio (a favorite travel location for the Shawnee and Delaware to salt licks or springs in Southern Ohio)
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Trade Point Ball Club
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1750's Eastern Woodlands ball club:
- A replica of an original featured in the book, BATTLE WEAPONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION by George C. Neumann
- Made from a hard fruitwood root burl; ball has root depressions and stress cracks like the original
- Single-piece construction for durability
- Club has been aged extensively which includes cut marks and scratches; stain has been rubbed back to emulate wear patterns
- Ball is pierced with trade point (same as original)
- This root burl was collected from a downed tree close to Tarhe Town in Fairfield County (present day Lancaster, Ohio) close to Mt. Pleasant (Standing Stone) - home of Wyandot Chief Tarhe
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Powhatan Paddle Club
A 17th century Powhatan War Club commonly seen in the John White drawings:
- A hand-made piece to resemble clubs commonly used by the Powahatan Indians
- Hand carved from fruitwood
- Club adorned with several carvings that signify animal totems and mystic beings
- One side of the club is decorated with a thunderbird and a fox or wolf totem that represent the powers of the upper world; outlining these totems is a heart-line that intersects itself that
signifies an ever-lasting life
- The other side of the club features the powers of the underworld. These include a sturgeon and a beaver surrounded by a series of branded dots that have been painted with red ocher. These dots signify the
power of stones. They are surrounded by semi-circular wave lines that represent the power of water
- Finishing out the club is a carved serpent head with inlaid copper eyes
- This piece of wood was collected during a canoe trip down the historic Scioto River close to present day Chillicothe, Ohio
- Aged to represent decades of use
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Wolf Effigy Ball Club
An Eastern Woodlands ball club:
- A commissioned piece replicated from an original featured in Harold L. Peterson's American Indian Tomahawks book
- Made from curly maple hardwood in the style of a wolf
- Hand carved and shaped from single piece of maple for strength
- Wolf head features inlaid bone eyes
- Recessed handle for sturdy grip; rear of the grip ends with a drilled hole for the drop or lanyard
- Hand crafted drop consists of the following:
Black crow feathers notched to signify deaths or kills taken by the club
Natural white feather dyed red also notched to signify scalps taken
Two pheasant feathers to immitate bird of prey feathers topped with two yellow white-hearts (French trade beads) and two white pound beads
Two hand-rolled brass cones, one filled with gold and red silk ribbon and the other filled with red-dyed deer hair both finished with white pound beads
The feather drop is attached to the club with period-correct linen twine
- Appropriately aged and stressed to resemble original club
- Hand made stand of curly maple with steel hand-forged legs and arm to display the club
- Traditional stain and finish
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Paddle Style Club
- Club commonly used by the Virginia Indians (Powhatans) - style used in the "New World" movie
- A commissioned piece made for a client's request
- Hard red maple construction with curl throughout
- Hand shaped and carved to replicate club in early John White drawings of the Virginia Indians
- Personalized with the upper world and lower world totems commonly used by the North American natives
- Each animal totem can represent a clan animal or specific spiritual being
- A record of captives and kills kept by the club's owner appears below the thunderbird carving
- Lightly aged
- Traditional stain and finish
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Eastern Woodland Cat Effigy Ball Club
A cat headed ball club:
- Hard maple handle with a root stalk ball (single piece construction for strength)
- Bone inlaid eyes
- Hand carved and painted gum-line and teeth
- Hand carved finger-notched grip
- Styled after a Mohawk club featured in Reader's Digest, Facinating Indian Heritage Book
- Traditional stain and finish
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