Club
29-175-434
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-434 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Nootka |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Whale Bone | Sinew | Feather |
| Description | War club carved in modified spatulate form with striking tip pointed on one side to form animal snout; one side of blade flattened to form top of animal head, notched between eye and snout. Nostril, eye, and mouth incised; two double-leaf designs incised between mouth and grip. Eye, leaf designs, and around mouth, handletip, and undersurface, painted red. Sinew cord wrapped around grip; quills held between wrapping and undersurface of club. |
| Length | 52.5 cm |
| Width | 6.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9200 - Collector Number |
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