Bailer

Museum number:
2-15536
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020015536
Alternate number:
14 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Wooden canoe bailer with carved animal head on end of handle. According to Reg Davidson, Haida sculptor (October 1990) this is alder wood.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Masset, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Queen Charlotte Islands; Masset
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
Willie J. Clark Dodd
Collection date:
1887-1890
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bailers and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 31 centimeters
Loans:
S2018-2019 #10: Fort Ross Historical Museum (May 19, 2019–May 19, 2019)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bailer, accession number 2-15536, described as Wooden canoe bailer with carved animal head on end of handle. According to Reg Davidson, Haida sculptor (October 1990) this is alder wood.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bailer, accession number 2-15536, described as Wooden canoe bailer with carved animal head on end of handle. According to Reg Davidson, Haida sculptor (October 1990) this is alder wood.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bailer, accession number 2-15536, described as Wooden canoe bailer with carved animal head on end of handle. According to Reg Davidson, Haida sculptor (October 1990) this is alder wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bailer, accession number 2-15536, described as Wooden canoe bailer with carved animal head on end of handle. According to Reg Davidson, Haida sculptor (October 1990) this is alder wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bailer, accession number 2-15536, described as Wooden canoe bailer with carved animal head on end of handle. According to Reg Davidson, Haida sculptor (October 1990) this is alder wood.

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