Club

Radio carbon dated to 1000 +/- 300 BP. Fladmark et al. note that "clubs of wood, whale bone and stone were widely used along the Northwest Coast ethnographically. Most were probably weapons of war, but some were also used in hunting, fishing and ceremonies (1987:8)." They add that "ball-headed clubs are not especially common in ethnographic Northwest Coast collections", however, the Museum has several ball headed clubs in its Northwest Coast collections.

This club was reportedly dredged up from the north arm of the Fraser River, ca. 1958 or 1959, by a pile driving crew building a bridge.

Carved wooden club decorated at each end with zoomorphic figures. The figure represented at the front end is depicted in a crouched position and is curled around a ball-like component. It has a front paw and hind legs but bird like face with a hooked beak and an open mouth. The end of the handle is decorated with a serpent-like head that has a protruding tongue from its mouth.