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Object Number
67-10-10/256
Display Title
Club for killing deer
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carved bone club, raven handle, human face at other end, red pigment.
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1790
Culture
- Nootka
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
Additional Geographic Terms
Nootka Sound
Materials
Bone, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 50.8 x 7.6 x 1.3 cm (20 x 3 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
67-10-10/256
Credit Line
Gift of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1867
Provenance
Collector
Capt. James Magee
(1791-1793 - 1794)
Donor
Massachusetts Historical Society
(1867)
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