Producer unknown to us
Wooden club
Americas, Brazil, Rio Araguaya
Early 20th century
Wood, carved, braided with bark fiber
From the 1950s to the 1970s, Erich Wustmann (ethnologist, author) undertook numerous expeditions and journeys to collect items for museums. He sold the acquired objects to the museums in Leipzig and Dresden.
Purchased by the museum from Wustmann in 1957
SAm 21496
This club was carved from light wood. Its cross section is almost circular, and narrowing toward the handle’s end. The handle is wrapped in braided bark fiber in white and dark brown stairway patterns. A ring of bright red feathers marks the upper end of the handle.
Ethnologist and author Erich Wustmann (1907–1994) acquired this piece during an expedition in 1956.
Frank Usbeck