k̓ikw (Figure)
About this object
History of use
A treasure, dlugwe', of the Wild Man of the Woods, Bak'was (J. Seaweed, 1966).
Iconographic meaning
Represents a cockle: dzoli.
Physical description
Brown wood cockle or clam shell carving. Painted with vertical black lines along all the ridges. Made of two halves connected at the smaller end with a patch of brown cloth nailed together. The two halves can open up like a clam shell.
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