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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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Hook1922.952 A-B

Two trolling fish hooks with bone points lashed on with bark, both have long and flexible shafts made from whalebone. A) has a slightly curved shaft.; Good.These two fishhooks would have been used for catching spring salmon or cod. They both have antler points, which are attached with bark to the baleen shafts.Exhbited: On loan to'Arctic Ambitions: Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage', at the Anchorage Museum, Alaska, 27 March- 7 September 2015; and the Washington State Historical Museum Tacoma/Seattle 16 October- 10 January 2016

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, bone and bark
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Apron1922.983

A skin apron decorated with bird quills and deer hooves strung in three rows on leather thongs. Together with two other smaller pieces of skin decorated in a similar manner, which are possibly an arm or leg band, and a chest piece.; Poor.

Culture
Makah ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
leather, hoof and quill
Made in
Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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BowZ 34977

The bow has pronounced, rounded nocks, and flaring arms which are constricted at the grip. In cross section the back is flat with a slight groove running down the centre, while the front is rounded. The grip has bark lashed around. The bow has nostring and one nock end is broken off.; Good.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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BowZ 2549

Long flat bow with a flat back surface on which a slight ridge runs down the centre, and has a curved front side. The nocks are pronounced, and the arms flare outwards slightly but contract again at the grip. The grip is lashed with some sort of twine, and on the backside, under the twine a large tuft of reddish hair is secured. The bow string is attached at one end and has a loose loop at the other, it is made from cherry bark twisted around sinew.; Good

Culture
Makah ?
Material
wood
Made in
Washington, USA and British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Club1921.567.1

Whalebone club with cherry bark binding round shaft and creature's, open-mouthed ?bird, head carved on top. Down the centre of the blade a design has been carved between two lines, composed of circles and triangles; good.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
bone and bark
Made in
Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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