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Club1925.371; D 1912.15

A slave killing club. The handle is in the form of a human head with teeth, driven in scalp locks from which protrudes a large ground blade forming the tongue of the head. Good.Stone tongue and club detached and separate when loaned in 2009

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, tooth, pigment, stone and hair
Made in
Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Club1922.954

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.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
whale bone
Made in
Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Club1922.949

Wooden slave killing club decorated with hair. The carved wooden head has an open mouth from which the wooden blade protrudes in the form of a tongue. Set into the head are teeth, and tufts of hair (?human) on the scalp, cheeks, below the nose and chin. Some tufts are missing.; Good.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood and human hair ?
Made in
Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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