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Four sided kerfed storage box that lacks a bottom and lid. The box has slightly scored lines parallel to each edge. The corners are bent with the exception of one which is stitched using cedar bark. The box has seen considerable use and is in a poor state of repair. There are stains of a greasy nature on the box, suggesting it may have been used for storing oolichan grease. However the box was collected as a Treasure box and has a label attached to that effect.; Good
Two fragments of a bent box coffin in a very delapidated condition, the outer surfaces are weathered and warped. The side edges show the method of kerfering, i.e. steaming and stitching a box together.; Good
Square kerfed cedar storage box with grooved side panels and a separate lid which has a lip. The one side joint has been pegged closed. Inside the box a twine handle has been attached through holes in the sides. This handle originally was on the outside and secured the lid in position. The base which also has a slight lip was attached using wooden pegs. The box has seen considerable use and is now somewhat fragile. On the front a label has been afixed which reads H.Stadthagen, The Indian trader, 79 Johnson Street, Victoria, B.C. Good
A large pail of birch bark. The sides and base of the pail are stitched together using cherry bark, as is the upper rim. There are three glass beads afixed to the rim, one green and two white. A hide thong has been attached as a handle.; Good
Stone mortar made from heavy black stone, possibly basalt.; Good
Large wooden feast bowl in the shape of a canoe with a raised prow and bow that has grooved edges. The bowl is badly split with one end entirely broken away, and the other rudimentarily mended.; Good
Large feast bowl which is boat shaped and has a prow in the shape of a bird, ?eagle, and a high stern. The edges of the bowl are grooved on the inside, while the outside rim and edge is slightly notched. The eagle is stylised with an eye that is a hole bored through the wood. Fair condition. There is a crack running from the stern to the middle of the bowl - old repair consisting of two holes on either side of crack attached with string.
Large,deep dish carved with a whale or seal, an eagle and humanoid creature. The largest head is that of the whale/seal, and has large round eyes, and an open mouth. The creature' s fin jut from the side of the dish, and its tail projects from therear of the dish. Above the tail an eagle sits with an open beak and round eyes, it rests its feet on the head of a humanoid, beaked creature. This humanoid has its body represented in the two-dimensional carving decorating the lower part of the dish, together with a design which resembles the fins of a seal (G.Crowther). The fin on one side is damaged, there are also several cracks in the dish. The dish is still exuding grease.; Good
A dish carved from a whale vertebra in the form of a crouched figure, possibly a frog or a human. The eyes are large ovoids.; Good
A round dish with two animal heads rising from the rim. Matt black in colour, possibly painted. The catalogue card suggests the animals are a horse and a cow.; Good