Maul Item Number: E 1903.464 from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Description
A large hafted stone maul with carved stone head one end and the other is flat. The carved side is a frog with protruding lips, eyes and nostrils. The rough wooden handle is carved into a broad T-shaped end fitting into a flat depression in the lower surface of the head to which it is lashed by fibre thongs.; Good
Context
The catalogue card states the maul was from Kita Mat which could possibly be Kitamaat (G.Crowther). The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.; Exhibited: Old Anthropological displays at CUMAA, case M 12, dismantled 14081986.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Professor A.A. Bevan during 1903
What
- Name
- Maul
- Identification Number
- E 1903.464
- Type of Item
- maul
- Material
- stone, wood, bark and cedar wood
Who
- Culture
- Haisla ?
- Received from
- Professor A.A. Bevan
Where
- Holding Institution
- MAA: University of Cambridge
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1903
Other
- Keyword
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