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Plate XXVII 
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. Possibly modern coast art. From Hopitchisath, 
west coast of Vancouver island, B.C. Collected by K. von den Steinen. Cat. No. 
IV A 7109 in Royal Ethnographical Museum, Berlin; I natural size. After Figure 
171a, Smith, Gulf of Georgia, 1907. 
Figures 2 and 3. Club made of bone of whale; possibly modern. From Clayoquot, west 
coast of Vancouver island, B.C. Collected by Fillip Jacobsen. Cat. No. 16-2107 in 
American Museum of Natural History, New York; J natural size. After Figure 170b 
and b', Smith, Gulf of Georgia, 1907. 
