Plate XXIII 
British Columbia Coast 
Clubs Made of Bone of Whale 
A general type of paddle-shaped club with carved handle knob is found 
on the north Pacific coast of America, from Alaska to Columbia river, but 
chiefly on western Vancouver island where the type is most uniform. A 
specialized form of this club and handle knob, known only from Kamloops, 
is illustrated in Plate XXXVII. 
Figure 1. Club made of bone of whale. From Nuchatlitz, west coast of Vancouver island, 
B.C. Collected by A. Jacobsen. Cat. No, IV A 1215 in Royal Ethnographical 
Museum, Berlin; I natural size. After Figure 167d, Smith, Gulf of Georgia, 1907. 
Figure 2. Club made of bone of whale. From Hesquiath, west coast of Vancouver island, 
B.C. Collected by A. Jacobsen. Cat. No. IV A 1573 in Royal Ethnographical 
Museum, Berlin; J natural size. After Figure 167e, Smith, Gulf of Georgia, 1907. 
Figure 3. Club made of bone of whale Collected by Vancouver. Cat. No. Van. 93 in 
British Museum; i natural size. After Figure 166b, Smith, Gulf of Georgia, 1907. 
Figure 4. Club made of bone of whale. Cat. No. R. D. 112 d in University Museum, 
Cambridge, Eng.; J natural size. After Figure 166g, Smith, Gulf of Georgia, 1907. 
