Club
Item number A8548 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Carved wooden club decorated at each end with zoomorphic figures. The figure represented at the front end is depicted in a crouched position and is curled around a ball-like component. It has a front paw and hind legs but bird like face with a hooked beak and an open mouth. The end of the handle is decorated with a serpent-like head that has a protruding tongue from its mouth.
History Of Use
Radio carbon dated to 1000 +/- 300 BP. Fladmark et al. note that "clubs of wood, whale bone and stone were widely used along the Northwest Coast ethnographically. Most were probably weapons of war, but some were also used in hunting, fishing and ceremonies (1987:8)." They add that "ball-headed clubs are not especially common in ethnographic Northwest Coast collections", however, the Museum has several ball headed clubs in its Northwest Coast collections.
Narrative
This club was reportedly dredged up from the north arm of the Fraser River, ca. 1958 or 1959, by a pile driving crew building a bridge.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada between 820 and 1080
- Collected by Charles E. Borden in Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by William Springer between 1958 and April 1964
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and William Springer (Seller) on April 23, 1964
What
- Name
- Club
- Identification Number
- A8548
- Type of Item
- club
- Material
- wood
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved
- Overall
- height 9.7 cm, width 6.2 cm, depth 35.4 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish
- Field Collector
- Charles E. Borden
- Previous Owner
- William Springer
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and William Springer (Seller)
When
- Creation Date
- between 820 and 1080
- Ownership Date
- between 1958 and April 1964
- Acquisition Date
- on April 23, 1964
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 7
- Accession Number
- 0094/0001
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