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Killer Whale Club
late 1800s-early 1900s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Marine and river resources were crucial on the Northwest Coast-particularly salmon, a staple food, and fur-bearing sea otters and seals, the latter valued for their meat, blubber, and skin. The clubs used to kill otters and seals are often carved to represent such marine predators as the sea lion or the killer whale.
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- Title: Killer Whale Club
- Date Created: late 1800s-early 1900s
- Physical Dimensions: Figure: 10.5 x 4 cm (4 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
- Provenance: Obtained by exchange from the American Museum of Natural History, New York, with funds provided by W.A. Price
- Type: Wood
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1580
- Medium: carved wood
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Culture: America, Native North American, Northwest Coast, Tlingit, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of W. A. Price
- Collection: AA - Native North America
- Accession Number: 1921.1580
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