TRIBAL WARFARE #4/175
(Limited Edition GICLEE CANVAS)
by: Howard Terpning
Howard Terpning
TRIBAL WARFARE #4/175
(Limited Edition GICLEE CANVAS)
It
is misleading to believe that inter-tribal warfare was a moderately
dangerous game, a quest for individual status of counting coup and
stealing horses. Wars between tribes competing over land and
resources were happening long before the arrival of Europeans
displaced Indian nations onto rival territories.
In
this Plains Indian engagement, a Crow warrior with a gun-stock war
club engages a Sioux flag- carrying enemy. With its swinging force
focused onto its small striking edges, the gun-stock club could hit
with remarkable power. The danger of the club was further increased
by the addition of a short spear point or one or more blades
positioned near the elbow of the weapon.
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