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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4436291, member: 8267"]What animal do you think is represented by the main figures on your clubs? I find the legs curious. Other examples I have seen have similar heads, presumably a sea lion/seal, and indicate flippers rather than legs.</p><p><a href="https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/" rel="nofollow">https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/</a></p><p><a href="https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:NMAI_61120?q=%22Hunting%2FFishing%2FWarfare%22&fq=data_source%3A%22National+Museum+of+the+American+Indian%22&fq=online_media_type%3A%22Images%22&fq=culture%3A%22Northwest+Coast%22&fq=object_type%3A%22Fish+club%22&record=14&hlterm=%26quot%3BHunting%2FFishing%2FWarfare%26quot%3B&inline=true" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:NMAI_61120?q=%22Hunting%2FFishing%2FWarfare%22&fq=data_source%3A%22National+Museum+of+the+American+Indian%22&fq=online_media_type%3A%22Images%22&fq=culture%3A%22Northwest+Coast%22&fq=object_type%3A%22Fish+club%22&record=14&hlterm=%26quot%3BHunting%2FFishing%2FWarfare%26quot%3B&inline=true" rel="nofollow">https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:NMAI_61120?q="Hunting/Fishing/Warfare"&fq=data_source:"National+Museum+of+the+American+Indian"&fq=online_media_type:"Images"&fq=culture:"Northwest+Coast"&fq=object_type:"Fish+club"&record=14&hlterm=&quot;Hunting/Fishing/Warfare&quot;&inline=true</a></p><p><a href="https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/502907/club?ctx=ffc9464e-bb0e-45c3-a0f9-4f6013c3d115&idx=22" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/502907/club?ctx=ffc9464e-bb0e-45c3-a0f9-4f6013c3d115&idx=22" rel="nofollow">https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/502907/club?ctx=ffc9464e-bb0e-45c3-a0f9-4f6013c3d115&idx=22</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23479/lot/191/?category=list" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23479/lot/191/?category=list" rel="nofollow">https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23479/lot/191/?category=list</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24850/lot/410/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24850/lot/410/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24850/lot/410/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4436291, member: 8267"]What animal do you think is represented by the main figures on your clubs? I find the legs curious. Other examples I have seen have similar heads, presumably a sea lion/seal, and indicate flippers rather than legs. [URL]https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/[/URL] [URL='https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:NMAI_61120?q=%22Hunting%2FFishing%2FWarfare%22&fq=data_source%3A%22National+Museum+of+the+American+Indian%22&fq=online_media_type%3A%22Images%22&fq=culture%3A%22Northwest+Coast%22&fq=object_type%3A%22Fish+club%22&record=14&hlterm=%26quot%3BHunting%2FFishing%2FWarfare%26quot%3B&inline=true']https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:NMAI_61120?q="Hunting/Fishing/Warfare"&fq=data_source:"National+Museum+of+the+American+Indian"&fq=online_media_type:"Images"&fq=culture:"Northwest+Coast"&fq=object_type:"Fish+club"&record=14&hlterm="Hunting/Fishing/Warfare"&inline=true[/URL] [URL]https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/502907/club?ctx=ffc9464e-bb0e-45c3-a0f9-4f6013c3d115&idx=22[/URL] [URL]https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23479/lot/191/?category=list[/URL] [URL]https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24850/lot/410/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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