Club Item Number: 1922.954 from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Description
Whalebone club with characteristic open-mouthed bird-like handle end which is carved in profile with an elongated eye. The blade of the club has a serrated band pattern running down its length terminating in a tongue. The blade is thick and has been severely worn on one side, and there are several notches in the edges. The carved grooves appear to have had some reddish substance colouring the design. A piece of twine is wrapped round the neck of the club.; Good.
Context
Loaned Out: 'Spirits of Water. Art from Alaska and British Columbia' arranged by the Fundacion La Caixa, in Barcelona (05/10/99 - 09/01/2000) and Madrid (01/02/2000 - 02/04/2000). Returned 07/04/2000. Objects collected during Spanish expeditions of the late 18th century to present-day Alaska and British Columbia are in the Museo de America in Madrid, and were presented together with objects collected on Captain James Cook's British expedition in 1778, by Russian explorers and scientists in the 18th century, and by North American explorers and anthropologists whose expeditions lasted until the early 20th century. See accompanying catalogue by Steven C. Brown with essays by Paz Cabello ... [et al.]. Seattle : University of Washington Press ; Vancouver : Douglas McIntyre, 2000.(Bio) Baroness Eliza Isy von Hgel, ne Froude, was the granddaughter of Arthur Howe Holdsworth, through her mother Catherine Henrietta Elizabeth Holdsworth. The Froudes lived in Salcombe, Devon. (Rachel Hand, 11.01.2015)
Item History
- Made in Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Cook Collection, Ashton Lever, Leverian Museum, James Parkinson, John Rowe, Arthur Howe Holdsworth, Widdicombe House Collection and Eliza von Hgel
What
- Name
- Club
- Identification Number
- 1922.954
- Type of Item
- club
- Material
- whale bone
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- Received from
- Cook Collection, Ashton Lever, Leverian Museum, James Parkinson, John Rowe, Arthur Howe Holdsworth, Widdicombe House Collection and Eliza von Hgel
Where
- Holding Institution
- MAA: University of Cambridge
- Made in
- Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- “1921-1922” ?
Other
- Keyword
- Weapons; Ceremonial Objects