- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- STONE
- Catalogue Number
- P19738040000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- STONE
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 3.4
- Length
- 12.7
- Width
- 6.7
- Description
- BROWN DENSE SANDSTONE (?) POLISHED BI-FACIAL BIT, PARTIALLY GROOVED AXE BODY,(NOTCHED).
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-BLUDGEON
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS INDIGENOUS CULTURE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19738040000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-04
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1850
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, STONE, BUCKSKIN
- Catalogue Number
- P19738049000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1850
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Materials
- WOOD, STONE, BUCKSKIN
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 43.2
- Width
- 6.9
- Description
- WOODEN HANDLE, ROUND STONE HEAD, BUCKSKIN. HAWK FEATHER. FEATHER DECORATION ON HEAD. IDENTIFIED AS WAR CLUB.CONSERVATION REPORT ON FILE.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-BLUDGEON
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- PLAINS INDIGENOUS CULTURE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19738049000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-07
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- DOUBLE HEADED WAR CLUB
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, STONE, LEATHER, BEADS
- Catalogue Number
- P19920046000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- DOUBLE HEADED WAR CLUB
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- WOOD, STONE, LEATHER, BEADS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 57.2
- Description
- STONE HEAD, ELLIPTICAL SHAPE, WITH POINT EACH END. DRILLED TO PERMIT SHAFT OF HANDLE. WOOD HANDLE, DOESKIN WRAPPED & WRAPPED WITH COLORED BEADS IN VARYING SIZE BANDS. COLORS, PINK, GREEN, BLUE. WOOD SLOT HEAD SCREW DRIVEN INTO END OF SHAFT AT HEAD & IS WRAPPED IN BRASS BEADS. SEVERAL BEAD STRINGS ARE BROKEN, SHEDDING BEADS, DOESKIN HAS ALSO DETERIORATED & IS STAINED WITH USE. BEADS UNRAVELING. SEE ALSO CONSERVATION REPORT.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-BLUDGEON
- Historical Association
- ETHNOGRAPHIC
- History
- DONOR IS UNSURE OF AGE BUT BELIEVES HER BROTHER OR FATHER ACQUIRED IT IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA. IT HAS BEEN IN HER POSSESSION FOR MANY YEARS & HAS ALWAYS BEEN REFERRED TO AS A TOMAHAWK. CLUB IS SIMILAR IN BEADWORK & HEAD DESIGNS TO SIOUX WAR CLUB. BRASS BEADS SUGGEST AN EARLY DATE. SOURCE: "THE SPIRIT OF NATIVE AMERICA. P.108 & P.118. 22 OCTOBER 2021 UPDATE: THE LABEL TEXT QUOTED BELOW WAS DEVELOPED WITH KAINAI ELDERS FOR A SUB-THEME WITHIN THE EXHIBIT ‘MADE IN’, TITLED ‘NIITSITAPISSKSAHKOYI’ AND INSTALLED WITHIN THE GALT IN 2021. ELDERS WHO PROVIDED MUSEUM CURATOR AIMEE BENOIT WITH DIRECTION ON SUBTHEME’S CONTENT INCLUDED: AAGOHH GISS STSISTIIGIIAAKII (MANY OFFERINGS WOMAN, GRETA MANY BEARS), GUUYII STAA BAAMUUGHKAA (WALKING ON TOP, RAYMOND MANY BEARS), NIINAA PIIKSII (CHIEF BIRD, MIKE BRUISED HEAD), MO’TOKAANII’PO (WALKING WITH A SCALP, HARRISON RED CROW) AND MIINIIPOKA (SACRED BERRY CHILD, PETER WEASEL MOCCASIN). THE GALT APPRECIATED THE GENEROSITY OF THE ELDERS WHO SHARED THEIR KNOWLEDGE FOR THIS EXHIBIT PROJECT. “APAKSA’TSIS (CLUB): ‘THIS IS A TOOL THAT COULD BE USED FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES, INCLUDING HUNTING.’ – MIINIIPOKA ‘THAT’S A PIPE STONE USED ON THE CLUB.’ – GUUYII STAA BAAMUUGHKAA ‘THAT KIND OF ROCK, IT’S KIND OF UNIQUE TO OLDMAN RIVER. IT’S NOT AS ABUNDANT ELSEWHERE AS RIGHT THROUGH HERE. IT’S NOT SUPER HARD, BUT HARD ENOUGH; IT’S SOFT ENOUGH TO CARVE. IF IT WAS REALLY HARD, IT WOULD BE HARD TO GET IT SMOOTH.’ – NIINAA PIIKSII”
- Catalogue Number
- P19920046000
- Acquisition Date
- 1992-09
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- STONE
- Catalogue Number
- P19740061000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- STONE
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 11.0
- Width
- 8.2
- Description
- COVERED WITH RUT MARKS FROM IMPLEMENTS. TRUNCATED SAGITALLY AND ONE LOWERSIDE PORTION MISSING. GREY-BROWN METAMORPHIC.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-BLUDGEON
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS CULTURE. FOUND ABOUT 1920 BY DONOR'S BROTHER IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA. ITEM HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY SINCE IT WAS FOUND.
- Catalogue Number
- P19740061000
- Acquisition Date
- 1974-03
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1200
- Date Range To
- 1750
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- STONE
- Catalogue Number
- P19890042001
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1200
- Date Range To
- 1750
- Materials
- STONE
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 11.6
- Width
- 9
- Description
- PLAINS INDIGENOUS MAUL OR HAMMERSTONE, GRANITIC LITHIC. DISTAL SURFACE WELL FLATTENED, GROOVE CLEARLY DEFINED.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-BLUDGEON
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHWESTERN PLAINS, PROBABLY LATE PREHISTORIC PERIOD. DONOR FOUND ON FARM IN SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN. GOOD EXAMPLE OF PLAINS INDIGENOUS PRE-CONTACT CULTURE. DONOR RETIRED & RESIDING IN LETHBRIDGE. REMAINDER OF DONATION ENTERED IN EDUCATION COLLECTION.
- Catalogue Number
- P19890042001
- Acquisition Date
- 1989-06
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, RUBBER, STRING
- Catalogue Number
- P19738899000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- WOOD, RUBBER, STRING
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 22.5
- Length
- 43.2
- Description
- FORKED BRANCH (WILLOW?) "Y" SHAPED WITH BOTTOM LEG OF "Y" BOUND IN BLACK ELECTRICIANS TAPE. ATTACHED TO TOP LEGS OF "Y" IS BLACK RUBBER, PROBABLY FROM AN INNER TUBE. STRING IS USED TO BIND RUBBER STRAP. HANDMADE.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-BLUDGEON
- Historical Association
- AGRICULTURE
- LEISURE
- History
- A COMMON "WEAPON" USED BY KIDS TO HUNT GOPHERS. A ROCK OR SIMILAR OBJECT IS PROPELLED BY STRETCHING RUBBER & THEN RELEASING IT.
- Catalogue Number
- P19738899000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-02
- Collection
- Museum