Canoe baler - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 37786 | |||||
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Plant Name | 159.01 BETULACEAE Alnus rubra | Entry Book Number | 35.1900 | |
| Artefact Name | Canoe baler | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Canada | TDWG Region | Canada | ||
| Parts Held | Canoe baler | Geography Description | Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Fort Rupert | ||
| Uses | Canoe balerUse: MATERIALS User: Not defined | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Large shelving | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Newcombe Dr CF | Donor No | 8 | ||
| Donor Date | 30/06/1900 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/11/1899 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label reads: 'Canoe baler made of wood of red alder, Alnus rubra, Bong. by the aborigines of Fort Rupert, Vancouver Island.' Made by the Kwakwaka'wakw people of Fort Rupert. The canoe baler made of red alder is called Qa'lgyilis in the Kwakwala language., Newcombe was paid $0.75 for this item in 1900. | ||||