A weapon unique to the Plains Indian. Based on several museum examples of long-reach armaments designed for mounted warfare, emulating a bird of prey’s speed and deadliness. Carved from an old wagon tongue and mounted with a “dag” blade that Native tribes valued for its variable adaptations to knives, lances, and warclubs.

Avian features include the carved head with copper tack eyes, stepped ruffled back, and body stripes composed of paint and small brass tacks. The substantial butt end is pierced but has no thong or decorative elements. This club is at once graceful and businesslike. An implement of beauty and destruction.

Length 31” $1,800