THERE WERE MANY TRIBES PRESENT IN THE AMERICAS MANY OF WHICH MAY NEVER HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SEPARATE FROM OTHER GROUPS.
THE LIVING STANDARDS RANGED FROM VERY SOPHISTICATED CULTURES TO THOSE WHO WERE POOR AND LIVED NO BETTER THAN THE EARLY ANCESTORS OF MODERN MAN.
THE QUALITY AND NUMBERS OF SURVIVING EXAMPLES OF ARTEFACTS FROM THE POOR TRIBES NO DOUBT DID NOT SURVIVE. COLLECTORS AND MUSEUMS ONLY COLLECTED THE ITEMS THEY ADMIRED BECAUSE OF THE WORKMANSHIP OR THEIR RESPECT FOR THAT TRIBE.
ANOTHER POSSIBILITY IS THAT THESE MAY HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE MUSEUM USING OLD TECKNIQUES AND MATERIALS AS WELL AS NEW ONES TO ILLUSTRATE HOW THEY WERE MADE AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CLUBS FROM THAT ERA.
THE STONE CLUB HEAD PIERCED THRU THE MIDDLE, LIKE A DONNUT IS SEEN SOME IN SOUTH AMERICA AND NEW GUINEA BUT I AM NOT AWARE OF EXAMPLES FROM NORTH AMERICA. ITS POSSIBLE THEY ARE AROUND I JUST DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THEM THE CLUB HEADS USUALLY ARE GROOVED NOT PIERCED. IF THE BEADS ON THE TASSELS AT THE END OF THAT CLUB ARE MODERN OR PLASTIC OR IF THE RESIN ON THE HEAD OF THE OTHER ONE ARE MODERN PLASTIC RESIN I WOULD SUSPECT THESE WERE MADE FOR STUDY BY SOMEONE IN THE FIELD. EITHER WAY THEY ARE INTERESTING AND NOT MADE TO SCAM OR FOOL ANYONE. IF THAT IS THE CASE IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO FIND,OUT WHICH TRIBES THEY WERE STUDYING.
PICTURES OF A FEW VARIATIONS OF NORTH AMERICAN CLUBS ONE APPEARS TO HAVE A PIERCED HEAD.