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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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