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Object Number
17-17-10/87090
Display Title
Bark shredder of yew
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Kiadsayu
Object Description
Bark shredder of yew
Inventory Description
Unclassified tool, carved wood board, handle, 1 edge worked to blunt blade
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Gwa I
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / Kwakiutl Village
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / Kwakiutl Village
Additional Geographic Terms
Kingcome Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 54.3 x 11.6 x 2 cm (21 3/8 x 4 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
17-17-10/87090
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1917)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-17-10/87091 | Bark shredder of yew |
Unclassified
|
Kwakiutl Village
| |
| 05-7-10/65483 | Bone bark shredder |
Scraper
|
Vancouver Island
| |
| 17-17-10/87092 | Bark shredder, made of whale scapula. Used for red cedar. |
Woodworking
|
Kwakiutl Village
Gwa I | |
| 17-34-10/A3481 | Tree shell "bark shredder" |
Worked Wood
|
Cave 6
| |
| 17-34-10/A3548 | Tree shell ("Bark shredder") |
Wood
|
Cave 10
| |
| 05-7-10/65488 | Bark shredder |
Scraper
|
Washington
| |
| 2004.24.32268.1 | Whalebone bark shredder |
British Columbia
| ||
| 38-60-30/1836 | Shredder made from a plant stem with small spines, used to shred platanos for co |
Scraper
|
Ecuador
| |
| 17-17-10/87077 | Carpenter's knife iron blade, yew handle |
Knife
|
Kwakiutl Village
Gwa I | |
| 17-17-10/87148 | Paddle of yew wood; siwayu |
Paddle
|
Kalokwis
| |
| 17-17-10/87117 | Spindle and whorl, yew wood and whale bone; hilpachto |
Spindle
|
Gwa I
| |
| 17-17-10/87118 | Netting needles, yew; tsoeg |
Fishing and trapping
|
Gwa I
|