Canoe Bailer
29-175-172
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29-175-172 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Kwakiutl |
Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood |
Description | When upside down the outside is roof-shaped, the two long sides, approximately semi-circular, meeting at the top; the shorter ends are hollowed triangles, the two equal sides of each triangle being a concave curve and the base a convex curve. The hollow interior of the bailer follows the form of the outside. |
Height | 16.6 cm |
Length | 20.2 cm |
Width | 7.2 cm |
Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
Other Number | 6/9381 - Collector Number |
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