Bentwood Box

The Burke: University of Washington

2012-100/26

The paint is red.


  • Type of Item bentwood box
  • Culture Central Northwest Coast, Kwakwaka'wakw
  • Material cedar wood, cedar bark, split root, paint
  • Manufacturing Technique carved, painted, bent, steamed, pegged, sewn
  • Measurements length 19.2 in, height 16.7 in, width 15.0 in (overall)

  • Received from Suttles Family Trust



  • Credit From the Wayne Suttles Collection, Gift of the Suttles Family Trust
  • Collection Burke Museum Ethnology Collection