Tongs - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 28535 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 208.00 PINACEAE Pseudotsuga menziesii | Entry Book Number | 35.1900 | |
| Artefact Name | Tongs | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Canada | TDWG Region | Canada | ||
| Parts Held | Tongs | Geography Description | Canada, British Columbia, Fort Rupert | ||
| Uses | TongsUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Newcombe Dr CF | Donor No | 10 | ||
| Donor Date | 30/06/1900 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | The tongs made of Douglas fir wood are called 'Kulais' in Kwakwala. Tongs are employed in drying fish by the Kwakwaka'waka people. Label source: Kwakiutl. Newcombe was paid $1.00 for this item in 1900. | ||||
| Determinations: | 208.00 PINACEAE Pseudotsuga douglasii (Sabine ex D. Don) Carriere 208.00 PINACEAE Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco | ||||