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Glatwatse, Storage box of cedar (with lid)
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 / 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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