Club Item Number: 1949.190 from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Description
Whalebone club with a bird' s head handle, the eyes inlaid with abalone shell. Some inlay lost. An old label on the reverse of the catalogue card, possibly from Wisbech reads, War Club of carved bone. The head which rudely represents a Native Idol, inlaid with the iridescent Shell of Haliotis splendens. New Zealand. 1836. Capt. Swaine, RN. The club was erroneously given the wrong provenance of New Zealand.; Good.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Vancouver Collection, Spelman Swaine, H.F. Bird and Wisbech Museum during 1949
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- Received from
- Vancouver Collection, Spelman Swaine, H.F. Bird and Wisbech Museum
Where
- Holding Institution
- MAA: University of Cambridge
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1949
Other
- Keyword
- Weapons; Ceremonial Objects