Perhaps the rarest form of Plains Indian warclub. The artist has seen only one museum example utilizing this bone. A line of thoracic vertebrae bones form the support column of the buffalo’s hump (see diagram). The bone used here is a partially fossilized discovery from Montana and is one of the longest available. It is armed with a sturdy antler tip that’s tightly wedged in the spinal canal and secured with a primitive iron nail. The “head” of the club is colored with earth pigments and decorated with brass nails. A grip at the opposite end is formed with wrappings of rawhide.

Length 18 ¾” Currently not for sale