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Plate XXVIII 
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. 
Figures 1, 2, Club made of bone of whale; probably modern. From Clayoquot, west coast 
of Vancouver island, B.C. Collected by Fillip Jacobsen. Cat. No. 16-2108 in 
American Museum of Natural History, New York; } natural size. After Figures 
170c and c', Smith, Gulf of Georgia, 1907. 
Figure 3. War club made of bone or ivory, carved with animal motive; possibly modem, 
coast art. Part of design has been recut recently. From Nass river, B.C. Collected 
by J. W. Powell. Contributed by the Department of the Interior, December, 1879. 
Cat. No. XII-B-569 (321) in Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, Canada; \ natural 
size. Also illustrated in Figure b, negative, Cat. No. 38058. 
