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War club with raven
Unrecorded Tsimshian Artist First Nations
Not on view
This skillfully sculpted club utilized the tines of the strong and broadly spread antlers of a male caribou or elk as a fearsome weapon, engraved with a visual reference of the owner’s clan history. On this club, a bird, possibly a raven, cocks its head to the side and observes with one eye. Clubs made of caribou or elk antler are thought to have originated among the caribou-hunting Athapaskan people who lived to the northeast of the Coast Tsimshian people.
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