1964.25

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Details

ID Number

1964.25

Category

Unclassifiable Artifacts

Sub-category

function unknown

Item Name

problematic object

Materials

WOOD, UNKNOWN

Measurements

overall: 5 3/4 in x 8 1/2 in

Description

wood; triangular depth; rectangular shape; split; dry wood; black paint marks; 3 nails in right side rusted; 1 nail hole on the left; 2 holes with a rope laced through

History

This wooden object has been inspected by several experts who have come up with these suggestions: Gaming bowl, aboriginal - RAD Conjecture; Maple Sugar bowl, Huron - Charles Meyers; Canoe bailer, Northwest Coast - National Museum of Canada; Top of box (handle missing), Haida - Arnold R. Pilling; Bucket for water wheel or pump used by pioneers or a pioneer soft soap dish - S.J. Gooding. William Noble, a professor at McMaster University, has identified the object as having Northwest Coast origins.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Natives subject

Pioneers subject

Sports subject

Transportation / Transport subject