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Club

Club

Dateca. 1850
Label TextThe design on this club may represent an elephant seal, a rare but not unknown sea mammal in Northwest Coast waters. The protruding proboscis on this great mammal is sculpted on top, while the design on the surface—skillfully rendered in formline—reveals the face, body, and front and back flippers. Clubs made from the jawbone of the whale, like this one, as well as those fashioned from stone, wood and metals, are found along the Northwest Coast.
Object number97.37
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Native Visions: Northwest Coast Art, 18th Century to the Present, October 1, 1998 - January 31, 1999
Credit LineMargaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund
Dimensions1 x 5 in. (2.54 x 12.7 cm) L.: 22 in.
MediumWhalebone
Photo: Susan Cole
First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth, Hesquiat
ca. 1800
Object number: 99.36
Polynesian
Object number: 81.17.1434
Ka'heit'am (Club)
First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth, Hesquiat
before 1778
Object number: 91.1.21
Club
most likely pre-contact
Object number: 92.12
War Club
Polynesian
early 19th century
Object number: 63.25
Polynesian
Object number: 81.17.1425
Polynesian
Object number: 81.17.1431
Melanesian
Object number: 81.17.1441
Melanesian
Object number: 81.17.1445
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Polynesian
Object number: 58.137
Carved Club (wahaika)
Polynesian
Object number: 57.22
Mace, or Pineapple Club
Polynesian
19th century
Object number: 67.6