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COUP STICKS
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COUP STICKS (WEAPONS) OF THE PLAINS
INDIAN | COUNTING COUP
Counting
coup was a relatively harmless act of bravery and war honor of the highest
grade. Any blow struck against the enemy counted as a coup, but the
most prestigious acts included touching an enemy warrior, with the hand
or with a coup stick.The term is of French origin from the noun coup
(pronounced /ku/) which means a hit, a blow or a strike. The expression
can be seen as referring to "counting strikes". Coups were
recorded by notches in the coup stick, or by feathers in the headdress
of a warrior who was rewarded with them for an act of bravery.
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Lakota Sioux Coup Stick (based on a museum example)
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PIEGAN COUP STICK (Southern Alberta)
This coup stick is based on a museum example that was formerly owned by White Swan (Northern Piegan). Coup stick shows horses he rode on war parties and scalps taken on raids. ca. 1870
Measures approx. 50 inches long, human scalp locks, made from an MGM bow used
in movies (50's -60'), raw hide cotton calico, hide glue, clay paints, etc.
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wrapped beads on deer or buffalo - this example measured approx. 35 inches long |
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A beaded coup stick of this type of was widely used by many of the
tribes of the Central and Northern Plains. This replica is Assiniboine
dating from around 1870. The coup stick features size 11 seed beads
- lots of them, a fold over beaded pendant (lazy stitched both sides)
on deer skin, trade beads, feather and horse hair, etc.
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MANY OTHER COUP STICK EXAMPLES AVAILABLE |
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by Auchenblae, Aberdeenshire AB30 1TR
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