- From The Collection Of
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Accession Number
- E1222
- Discipline
- Humanities
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- Date
- 1776 – 1779 (collection date)
- Materials and Techniques
- whalebone (material)
- Place
- British Columbia (creation)
- Canada (creation)
- Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island (creation)
- North America (creation)
- North America (collection place)
- Related People
- Mr Henry Vaughan (1809-1899) (from the collection of);Mr George Vaughan II (from the collection of);Mr Isaac Vaughan (from the collection of);Sir Ashton Lever (from the collection of);Captain James Cook (1728-1779) (collector);HMS Discovery or HMS Resolution (1776-1779) (voyage of exploration) (collector)
- Description
- This early form of whalebone club, a chitoolth, was not used in warfare but for the dispatching of caught animals such as deer and marine animals. The club would have been held with the ‘fish-tail’ behind the hand. They were first employed by hunters some four thousand years ago.
This object is on display at RAMM in the World Cultures gallery. - See Elsewhere
- MDS record link
- Record Rights
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- CC 0
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