Meat Strainer
29-175-508
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29-175-508 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Kwakiutl |
Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Seal Bone | Wood | Spruce Root |
Description | Made of 6 seal ribs lashed to 2 sticks which are at right angles to bones (one at widest end, one beyond middle) with split spruce root, and next to the narrow end are lashed with spruce root cord alone so that the bones are set closer together. |
Length | 27 cm |
Width | 14.3 cm |
Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
Other Number | 7/512 - Collector Number |
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