Ceremonial Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 Jan 1903
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. George T. Emmons
label: Donor Name
content: Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Ceremonial spear of Chief Neaquewuan who was a chief of the Nootkan people, from the west coast of Vancouver Island. The head of the staff represents a wolf, the knife blade is the tongue. At the other end is represented an old woman who is the spirit of the dance singing. This was carried upon occasions of ceremony."
label: Notes
content: The card and the list from Emmons in the accession file call this "Nootkan", west coast of Vancouver Island. Jennifer Kramer, Curator, Pacific Northwest, UBC Museum of Anthropology, 5-24-2013, identifies it is Kwakwaka'wakw/Kwakiutl style.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)
label: Culture
content: Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 040383
label: USNM Number
content: E219888-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Staff