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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