Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Charles F. Newcombe (1851-1924, a physician and collector in British Columbia) at an unknown date; sold or transferred to the Free Museum of Science and Art (later the University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania) at an unknown date; acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the Free Museum in 1908.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Collector
- Charles F. Newcombe (C.F. Newcombe), Non-Indian, 1851-1924
- Previous owner
- Free Museum of Science and Art (University of Pennsylvania Museum) (University Museum, University of Pennsylvania)
- Object Name
- Canoe bailer
- Media/Materials
- Alder
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Watercraft and accessories
- Indigenous Term
- qua'l-gyitis
