Power Board
Item number A9084 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Carved wooden pieces (parts a-b) from a duntsik or power board, used in winter dances; grooved detailing around the edges. The parts were once attached to each other. One piece is now a triangular shape with one side stretching long and tapering to a rounded point; the other piece is rectangular in shape. Both have remnants of red and black colouring and together form a cutout circle.
History Of Use
Conjured up by Tokwit Dancer in the ritual of the Winalagalis. The boards were originally fastened together, when required, by male and female dowels.
Narrative
Found in a rock cavern half way between Hayden Bay and Crosby Point, Loughborough Inlet, by a fisherman. According to the fisherman, he was told of the existence of the boards in a cave or rock cavern in the Hayden Bay area of Loughborough Inlet, by an indigenous man who knew of them for many years but would not touch them himself. The fisherman took the man on board his boat, visited the site, and recovered the boards. He stated that the boards lay in what had been a cedar covering box, with a lid hinged with gut. This box fell apart at his touch and none of it could be recovered. No other relics or any burial evidence lay in the rock cavern.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Edward F. Meade before February 1969
- Received from Walter C. Koerner (Funding source) and Edward F. Meade (Seller) during February 1969
What
- Name
- Power Board
- Identification Number
- A9084
- Type of Item
- board
- Material
- cedar wood and pigment
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Part A
- height 1.0 cm, width 54.6 cm, depth 7.8 cm
- Part B
- height 1.0 cm, width 11.3 cm, depth 4.3 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw ?
- Previous Owner
- Edward F. Meade
- Received from
- Walter C. Koerner (Funding source) and Edward F. Meade (Seller)
When
- Ownership Date
- before February 1969
- Acquisition Date
- during February 1969
Other
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 0155/0009
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