Tlingit Wood Seal/Fish Club
Tlignit hand-carved wooden club used for dispatching large fish and seals, particularly the juveniles. The club head is intricately carved with stylized zoomorphic imagery, particularly that of a large-beaked bird with feathers behind, and several ringlets on the handle enabled use of the club even when the wielder's hands were numb from the cold.
PERIOD: 19th Century
ORIGIN: Northwest Coast - Tlingit, Native American
SIZE: 20 1/2"L x 1" W x 1 3/4" H
$4,500.00
Tlingit Wood Seal/Fish Club—
$4,500.00
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Tlingit Wood Seal/Fish Club
Tlignit hand-carved wooden club used for dispatching large fish and seals, particularly the juveniles. The club head is intricately carved with stylized zoomorphic imagery, particularly that of a large-beaked bird with feathers behind, and several ringlets on the handle enabled use of the club even when the wielder's hands were numb from the cold.
PERIOD: 19th Century
ORIGIN: Northwest Coast - Tlingit, Native American
SIZE: 20 1/2"L x 1" W x 1 3/4" H
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Tlignit hand-carved wooden club used for dispatching large fish and seals, particularly the juveniles. The club head is intricately carved with stylized zoomorphic imagery, particularly that of a large-beaked bird with feathers behind, and several ringlets on the handle enabled use of the club even when the wielder's hands were numb from the cold.
PERIOD: 19th Century
ORIGIN: Northwest Coast - Tlingit, Native American
SIZE: 20 1/2"L x 1" W x 1 3/4" H
