Model Sealing Canoe

This Nuu-chal-nulth or Kwakwaka'wakw model sealing canoe is part of the Royal BC Museum's 100 Objects of Interest. This model in carved and painted wood shows two seal hunters, one steering the canoe and one about to spear a seal. There is a seal at the bottom of the boat. Nuu-chah-nulth hunters were active in commercial…