hunting bow
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact16840
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.132
- Description
- Small maple hunting bow. A leather thong is tied to one end of the bow. It is loose at the other end, although, there is a knot that could slip over the bow. There are traces of green paint on the wood. Interior Salish: Nlaka’pamux: Spuzzum First Nation
- Object History
- Homer Barnett writes about Coast Salish bows: “the main hunting bow did not differ from the one used in fighting. It was made of yellow cedar root when this wood could be obtained from the mountains. The trunk wood was also used. An alternative was yew. Inferior bows for ducks and other birds were made from hardhack. Bows were about three or four feet long/ The were rather flat and were about the breadth of three fingers at the widest parts on either side of the grip, which was constricted and slightly thicker. They tapered from the centre towards both ends. The ends were curved away from the holder for a better string purchase (1955:100)
- Plant fibres were seldom made into bow strings. More common were two-ply cords of sinew or gut. Atypically, a skin thong was used (1955:101).
- Marks/Labels
- There is writing inscribed on the inside of the bow, which reads: “1925" "Made for me by Spuzzum chief.”
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Spuzzum
- School/Style
- Coast Salish
- Culture
- Nlaka'pamux
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storage basket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact12639
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.4184.1
- Description
- Tub shaped coiled cedar root basket with cedar root foundation and overcast rim. Walls of basket flare slightly towards rim. Imbricated with designs in red cherry bark and grass. Design is known as cluster of flies. The foot on the bottom of the basket, made from two extra rows of coiling, is a feature that protects the base of the basket from wear and tear. White beading on the foot. Interior Salish: Nlaka’pamux: Spuzzum possibly
- Object History
- White beading on the foot of the basket is said to be a feature typical of Spuzzum. This was reported by basket makers from that community during collections research conducted at MOA to Sharon Fortney and Bill Mclennan.
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Culture
- Nlaka'pamux
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