Carved whale rib fashioned into a spear (?), anima

Made:
1871-1920 in Canada
Carved whale rib fashioned into a spear (?)

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Carved whale rib fashioned into a spear (?)
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Carved whale rib fashioned into a spear (?), animal head at one end blade at the other, bowed, North West Coast Indian Haida tribe, Canada (?) and USA (?), 1871-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665082
Materials:
bone, whale's rib
type:
spears