Glatwatse, Storage box of cedar (with lid)

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Object Number 17-17-10/87134

Display Title Glatwatse, Storage box of cedar (with lid)

Descriptions

Indigenous Term Glatwatse

Object Description Storage box with marriage lid. Made of bent wood (red cedar) and string of spruce root. "V" on inside; single knife cut on outside. Decorative carving. Used for washing hair or as urinal.

Inventory Description Box, cedar wood structure, incised, bound with fiber cordage bundles, lid

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Kwakwaka'wakw

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / <City> / Gwa I

Additional Geographic Terms Kingcome Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound

Materials Cedar Fiber Cedar bark

Dimensions Overall: 24 x 28.5 x 32 cm (9 7/16 x 11 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Provenance

Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

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