Canoe Figure Item Number: C325 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Face and arms. Wearing hat and earrings. Prominent chin. Colour: black.
Canoe prow figure.
Burnett called these figures 'canoe gods', and said "When a war canoe was launched for the first time it was done over the bodies of victims, usually slaves, as an offering of their 'Mana' to the gods [the figureheads], or in other words to the Spirit of the Waters."