Region / Tribe: Lower Colorado, Mohave/Yuma or Pima/Papago

Circa: Early to Mid 19th Century

Material:Dense hard wood, mesquite(?)

Dimensions: L. 14 1/2” by W. at base 1 3/4”

Condition: Excellent. Deep, rich patina from long use. No restoration.

Comments: For a designation of a similar war club: “a bludgeon made from a single piece of hardwood cut from the lower section of a tree trunk.” (J.W. Powell, 1873)*

This is a classic Lower Colorado club used with a shield in. hand to hand combat.

References: Bolz, Peter. Native American Art: The Collections of the Ethnological Museum Berlin. Figures 84,85 and 94.

Sturtevant, William C. Handbook of North American Indians. P. 383, fig. 11.

Collection History: Ex Richard Pohrt Collection