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.