Carved Deer Foot Club
Artifact
80.5.870d
June 4 1963
Carved wooden club - handle in the facsimile of a deer foot. Loose brown leather lace wrapped around the end of the handle where it meets the base of the club. Blunt end is rectangular shaped and angled/curved with carved indent directly below inscription and bulbous protrusion with indents on the surface.
Carved inscription on both sides
Carved inscription on both sides
Wood, leather
Length: 27 cm;
Width: 17 cm;
Notes: Width measured at thickest point
Notes: Width measured at thickest point
Carved inscription in all capital letters located between leather wrapping and ends where bulbous protrusion begins:
"Presented to Prime Minister John Diefenbaker by the Indians of Walpole Island A.D. 4-6-63"
"Presented to Prime Minister John Diefenbaker by the Indians of Walpole Island A.D. 4-6-63"