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American & Southern Auction | October 16, 2024

Wed, Oct 16, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 887

Eastern Sioux Human Effigy War Club

Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000

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Missouri Valley Area, the ash club with remnant of red ochre, iron blade tongue, nail head eyes, 28 in.

Provenance: Gary Spratt Collection, Rutherford, CA; George Shaw, Aspen, Colorado; An Important Aspen, Colorado Collection

Literature: George Shaw, 1999, p. 25, illustrated

Exhibitions: Aspen Art Museum, Art of Grace and Passion, Aspen, CO, 1999

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Gary Spratt Collection, Rutherford, CA; George Shaw, Aspen, Colorado; An Important Aspen, Colorado Collection

rich, warm patina commensurate with age and use, wear/wormholes/surface crack on face, two small losses to skull