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Object Number
17-17-10/87184
Display Title
Chief's walking stick of crab-apple
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Sigiaganu
Object Description
Chief's walking stick of crab-apple
Inventory Description
Cane, carved zoomorphic head at top, tapered to brass tipped end
Classification
- Cane
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
Cormorant Island
/
Yilis?
Additional Geographic Terms
Alert Bay; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials
Wood, Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 86.5 x 16.8 x 3.3 cm (34 1/16 x 6 5/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
17-17-10/87184
Provenance
Expedition
Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
(1917 - 1917)
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