Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America
Accession Date:
13 Jan 1903
Notes:
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."
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.
