Set of three detached bentwood chest panels. Front and back panels have stylized imagery painted in black and red across entire surface. Cross-hatching can be seen in several areas. Several large stitches of cedar root can be seen along the right side of one panel. The shorter side panel shows four faint painted lines in a rust-red colour, running from bottom left corner upwards toward opposite side's midpoint. Faint suggestions of other lines above. On right edge are cracks where wood has been bent, and an undercut on the backside of the old bend. All three pieces have hanging hardware on the back.

• Narrative

  Cultural attribution by Bill McLennan in 2016.

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• Type of Item panel
• Culture Nuxalk
• Material cedar wood, paint, cedar root
• Measurements height 34.9 cm, width 45.0 cm, depth 1.1 cm (part c) height 35.3 cm, width 63.5 cm, depth 1.0 cm (part a) height 41.5 cm, width 63.6 cm, depth 1.0 cm (part b)

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• Previous Owner Gary R. Bell
• Received from Gary R. Bell

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• Made in British Columbia

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• Creation Date between 1840 and 1850
• Ownership Date before February 29, 2016
• Acquisition Date on February 29, 2016

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• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3156/0001 a-c