Massue de combat ·  Amérique du Nord, Plains · ID: 3053614

Description

stone, rawhide, wood,

War clubs with a pointed stone head belong to a type of weapon developed by the indigenous population of North America. Their form derives from the grooved or celt-shaped axe. Pointed stone clubs were used while on horseback to inflict serious physical harm on the opponent.

Littérature comparée

Baldwin, John, Indian American War Clubs of the American Frontier, West Olive 2001, p. 54