FROM CARD: "NOTATION ON CLUB: "WAR DEPT. 1841". LOAN: DENVER MUSEUM 3/15/65. RETURNED: 10/6/65. LOANED TO THE GRAPHIC DIV., MHT 3/2/77-RETURNED 9-21-77. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL.4, FIG.10, P.158."
Entered in the original ledger catalog as from the War Department, no cultural designation given. Marked on specimen as War Dept. Length: 28" A gunstock or "rabbit-leg" war club.
Bladed gunstock club listed on p. 20 of Feest, Christian. “On the Trail of the Duke's Club. Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württtemberg, Bladed Gunstock Clubs, and Evidence.” ERNAS Occasional Papers 1, 2023; https://www.academia.edu/96108242/On_the_Trail_of_the_Dukes_Club_Duke_Paul_Wilhelm_of_W%C3%BCrtttemberg_Bladed_Gunstock_Clubs_and_Evidence?source=swp_share .