Carved seal club representing a water monster; yellow cedar.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Clubs (weapons)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For killing seal, sea otter, or any large fish before hauling them into the canoe.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 48 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: Trial catalog note says x-1001 to x-1211 are all Tlinkit. Use Context: cf. Inverarity, "Art of Northwest Coast Indians", fig. 138.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #72: San Jose State University (May 2, 1962–May 15, 1962), S1964-1965 #49: Alaska Alumni Association, California Chapter (January 15, 1965–January 18, 1965), S1966-1967 #10: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (September 29, 1966–September 11, 1967), S1969-1970 #131: Dominican College of San Rafael/Sister M. Joanne (June 1, 1970–July 30, 1970), S1988-1989 #8: Art Gallery (Sonoma State Univ.) (September 7, 1988–October 25, 1988), and S2018-2019 #10: Fort Ross Historical Museum (May 19, 2019–May 19, 2019)