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Canoe Bailer4617

Northwest Coast bailers all work on the principle of the scoop rather than of the bucket. Water is thrown out of the canoe rather than dipped out. The bailer is made with a straight edge, which is slid up the inside of the flaring hull, catching the water and flinging it over the side. Bailers of the northern coast resemble sugar scoops; those of the Salish south are either spoon-like with pointed, diamond-shaped bowls, or scoops formed by folding and pleating of red cedar bark. This wedge-shaped style of bailer is unique to the west coast of Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

Culture
Makah
Material
cedar wood, root ?, wood ? and fragment
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Bentwood Box2.5E508
Lidded Basket2.5E990
Lidded Basket2.5E989
Basketry Mat Fragment1-11383

The dye is blue and red.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and dye
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Lidded Basket1989-98/22
Basketry Table Mat2.5E1586

The dye is purple, red, and yellow.

Culture
Makah
Material
cedar bark, bear grass and dye
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Basketry Wallet1-1345

The dye is black.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
cedar bark and dye
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Cedar Bark Towel1-10788