June 22, 2024 Brian Lebel's Santa Fe Old West Events Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/22/2024
Circa 1840s -1860s large gunstock club with blacksmith forged iron spontoon blade. Blade exhibits two pronounced basal processes curling forward toward the tapered point and is set into lead or pewter and then pinned. Club was painted green overall at one point in time. Color is now worn off or very transparent where it remains. Top of club has a small sinew and quill wrapped buckskin adornment. Gunstock clubs were widely dispersed and found across North America from the Southern to the Eastern Plains tribes. Heavier and thicker types of gunstock clubs were used in the Northern Plains, while the Sioux in the Midwest and tribes moving east to the Great Lakes region typically used slimmer profile versions. Measures 31" overall with a 11" blade.
Item Dimensions: 11" x 31"