Carved Deer Foot Club

Artifact

Accession Number:
80.5.870d
Date
June 4 1963
Materials
Wood, leather
Measurements
17 cm (width) 27 cm (length)
Description
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
 
Marks/Labels
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"
Category
Club