- From The Collection Of
- Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Discipline
- Humanities
- Culture
- Northwest Coast Peoples
- Date
- 1750 – 1850 (creation date)
- Materials and Techniques
- wood (material)
- shell (material)
- Place
- Northwest Coast (Canada), Canada, North America, Americas (creation)
- Description
- Wooden club carved in the shape of a seal or sea lion. Used for clubbing fish (halibut and salmon). The eyes are made of inlaid shell - probably H. kamchatkensis. Both the use of local abalone and the simplicity of design suggests an early date, as does the patina and wear.;club (hunting, fishing & trapping);SALMON KNOCKER;club
- See Elsewhere
- MDS record link
- Record Rights
- Horniman Museum and Gardens
- CC BY-SA
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