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Object Number
15-26-10/86110
Display Title
Whale bone club representing killer whale
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Large bone club, carved whale, perforated at end of handle, broken.
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Nishga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
<County>
/
Kitlakdamix Village
Additional Geographic Terms
Nass River
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 42.7 x 6.4 x 1.9 cm (16 13/16 x 2 1/2 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
15-26-10/86110
Provenance
Collector
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(1914)
Donor
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(1915)
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