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Nez Perce Spontoon & Gunstock War Club 19th C.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 7,500.00 USD
Nez Perce Spontoon & Gunstock War Club 19th C.
This is an excellent Nez Perce Native American Indian Gunstock & Spontoon War Club from the mid to late 19th century. The highly decorated piece shows immense detail and quality with a Revolutionary War era rifle stock construction. The club also has a Revolutionary War (1775-1783) Colonial American Spontoon blade (the hand forged spike head was used during the Revolutionary War by the Americans in trench defense against charging British infantry or cavalry). The spontoon blade shows a triple or three notched pattern and is held into place with an iron spot. The Gunstock handle shows a red mineral dye with heart and tepee brass trade tack effigies with a framed brass track end. The top of the war club shows brass trade tacks framing the burnt tepee pattern with various drawn accents. This is possibly one of the finest crafted Nez Perce 19th Century Spontoon Gunstock war club made available for private purchase as most war clubs of this quality are in private collections or museum displays. The piece was owned by Saul Sol Webb a Warrior from the Nez Perce in the late 19th century to early 20th century and was handed down through his family. A small buckskin hide suspension with some brass trade tacks glorify the handle. Provenance: The war club was purchased directly from Jimmy Webb, son of Sol Webb, of Pendleton, Oregon and was also part of the same collection of Bessie Cawapoo daughter of Like Cawapoo, Chief of the Nez Perce. This tomahawk is published and photographed on the Trade Axe and Tomahawk Collectors Association website. Head has a unique spontoon spear head style European influence design. Rare important Indian artifact. Measures overall 28.25”L x 14”W with a 6.5”L x 1.75”W spontoon blade.