War club
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1200-1400
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Gitxsan (Gitksan) or Wet'suwet'en (Babine Carrier) (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: Chief Johnny Muldoe, Gitxsan (Gitksan)
label: Previous owner
content: Arthur Wellesley Vowell (A. W. Vowell), Non-Indian, 1841-1918
label: Possible seller
content: Arthur Wellesley Vowell (A. W. Vowell), Non-Indian, 1841-1918
label: MAI agent
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated by Gitxsan Chief Johnny Muldoe in 1898 as part of what is referred to as the "Hagwilget cache" of 35 stone clubs; transferred to Arthur Wellesley Vowell (1841-1918, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for British Columbia) soon afterward; probably in the collection of Arthur Vowell until 1916, when it was purchased by MAI through Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899).
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place: label: Place
content: "Hagwilget cache"; Bulkley Canyon (Hagwilget), Bulkley River; Kitimat-Stikine Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
setName: label: See related items
content: Gitxsan (Gitksan) (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
label: On View
content: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Northwest Coast
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 5/5059
label: Barcode
content: 055059.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: War club
label: Media/Materials
content: Basalt, hematite
label: Techniques
content: Pecked, ground, grooved, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 34 x 12.5 x 3.5 cm