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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