Ball-headed Club

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CultureAnishinaabe, possibly (Ojibwe, Chippewa)

Titles

Ball-headed Club

Datec. late 18th century

MediumWood with brass nails

DimensionsOverall: 21 in. (53.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2020.149

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

106 Cameron Gallery

On view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

WEAPONS & ARMAMENTS

ProvenanceAndy Warhol (1928-1987), New York; [sold at Sotheby’s, New York, The Andy Warhol Collection, American Indian Art, April 28, 1988, lot 2516]; [purchased by James Economos (1939-2019), Economos Works of Art, Santa Fe, 1988]; purchased by James Alsdorf (1913-1990) and Marilyn Alsdorf (1925-2019), Chicago, 1988-2019; [sold at Christie's Paris, June 29, 2020, lot 4]; purchased by the MFAH.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

There are the remains of an inscription that appears to have been worn away and is now illegible.

Sticker towards base: A2 / 59

Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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