Club Item Number: Nb3.1350 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
One piece of red brown wood, all adze marks apparent; roughly cut and shaped. Butt end shaped into blunt pointed knob. Sides of knob taper quickly into shaft which swells halfway up its length then tapers just below club end. Cylindrical club is longer than wide, flares quickly from shaft into cylinder shape and finishes off in a blunt point.
History Of Use
Club for killing fish. Used at fish weir or trap or carried in the canoe. Club's range from simple, bulbous-ended truncheons to highly decorated and three-dimensionally carved clubs. The artistic works were considered the means to express respect for the fish whose death it caused.
Narrative
Wastell said he collected the belongings in this donation in Telegraph Cove in the 1920s.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1930
- Collected in Telegraph Cove, British Columbia, Canada during 1925
- Owned by Fred Wastell before February 7, 1983
- Received from Fred Wastell (Donor) on February 7, 1983
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Fred Wastell
- Received from
- Fred Wastell (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Telegraph Cove, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1930
- Collection Date
- during 1925
- Ownership Date
- before February 7, 1983
- Acquisition Date
- on February 7, 1983
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0851/0008