Wooden Indian Club
Credit LineCollection of Museum London, 1988
Object number1988.041.006
Label TextThe use of Indian clubs like these began to be part of physical culture classes for girls and boys in the late 19th century. Respecting notions of appropriate femininity, texts outlining a regime of Indian club exercises for women praised the “exceeding grace and beauty of the movements.” The regime exercised the body and produced a “freedom of carriage” required for health.
NameClub, Indian
