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Canadian Aboriginal Artefacts

Water vessel made of bark

Water vessel made of bark

Catalogue no:

42467

Botanical classification:

BETULACEAE Betula papyrifera

Donor:

Eugene Bourgeau

Donor date:

1859

Geographical origin:

North America, Canada, Saskatchewan, Edmonton

Bourgeau collected this remarkable bark water vessel decorated with porcupine quills and aniline dyes in Edmonton . The accompanying note identified the vessel as a product of the Assiniboine Indians, who at the time Bourgeau felt were “Savages!”

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