Model Bailer

About this object

History of use

A toy replica of a canoe bailer of the type used in the Queen Charlotte Islands.

Narrative

Collected by Barnabas Courtland Freeman between 1893 and 1903.

Cultural context

used by a child

Physical description

Wooden bailer painted red, consisting of a flat, wide edge; a deep, curved bowl and a high, pointed back. Attached to the back of the scoop is rectangular shaped handle.