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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
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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Canada
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British Columbia
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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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