It is a carved arm and hand with a human face and head resting in the partially folded fingers. Yew wood.
Donor:
Mrs. H. H. Bancroft
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
Collector:
J. J. H. Van Bokkelen and Mrs. H. H. Bancroft
Collection date:
1858
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Clubs (weapons)
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used as a club for killing salmon.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 39 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-21790.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1952-1953 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (dates unknown), S1966-1967 #10: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (September 29, 1966–September 11, 1967), S1974-1975 #41: Palo Alto Cultural Center (January 6, 1975–March 19, 1975), and S1983-1984 #2: Heffernan Films (July 18, 1983–July 22, 1983)