id: 102961 accession number: 1921.1580 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1580 updated: 2022-01-04 14:52:22.670000 Killer Whale Club, late 1800s-early 1900s. America, Native North American, Northwest Coast, Tlingit, 19th century. Carved wood; figure: 10.5 x 4 cm (4 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of W. A. Price 1921.1580 title: Killer Whale Club title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 1800s-early 1900s creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1900 current location: 231 Native North American creditline: Gift of W. A. Price copyright: --- culture: America, Native North American, Northwest Coast, Tlingit, 19th century technique: carved wood department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Native North America type: Wood find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Figure: 10.5 x 4 cm (4 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Obtained by exchange from the American Museum of Natural History, New York, with funds provided by W.A. Price date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Marine and river resources were crucial on the Northwest Coast-particularly salmon, a staple food, and fur-bearing sea otters and seals, the latter valued for their meat, blubber, and skin. The clubs used to kill otters and seals are often carved to represent such marine predators as the sea lion or the killer whale. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.1580/1921.1580_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.1580/1921.1580_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.1580/1921.1580_full.tif