Club Item Number: E651-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "CLUB USED FOR KILLING FISH." OBJECT IS ILLUSTRATED ON P. 8 ("B") OF DAVID IVES BUSHNELL, "DRAWINGS BY GEORGE GIBBS IN THE FAR NORTHWEST, 1849-1851," SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 97.8 (1938). - STEVEN L. GRAFE 1997. Bushnell identifies club as cedar and indicates it was collected by George Gibbs probably in 1850 or 1851 near the mouth of the Columbia River.Note that club 651 is mentioned as being used in an exhibit in Berlin in 1880 on p. 52 of USNM Bulletin No. 18. It is described there as a Northwest coast salmon club.
Item History
- Made in Oregon, USA
- Collected in Oregon, USA
- Received from Capt. George Gibbs during 1862
What
- Name
- Club
- Identification Number
- E651-0
- Type of Item
- club
Who
- Received from
- Capt. George Gibbs
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Oregon, USA
- Collected in
- Oregon, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1862
Other
- Accession Number
- 000051