Columbia River, Upper, United States (not certain) / Canada (not certain), North America
Accession Date:
1862
Notes:
FROM CARD: "REFER TO CAT. NO. 204584 FOR A FULL SIZE ONE. DEPOSITED WITH SMITHSONIAN INST. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT., 1899; PL. 2; P. 537."
See Mason, Otis T. and Hill, Meriden S. 1901. "Pointed bark canoes of the Kutenai and Amur". Report of U. S. National Museum for 1899 (Washington), pp. 523-537. https://archive.org/details/annualreportofbo1899smit . This canoe model is described on pp. 531 -532 and illustrated in Plate 2, after p. 537: "[Canoe model is] ... made of pine-bark (Pinus monticola), in three pieces, drawn over a wooden frame, the inside of the bark forming the outside of the canoe. The framework consists of four longitudinal rods, to which are lashed a series of ribs by means of bark strips. Outside of this frame and next to the bark are a series of false ribs or slats to hold the bark in place. The canoe is straight along the bottom and pointed at bow and stern. The gunwale consists of three long pieces, one, the inwale, laid along the inner margin of the bark; one, the outwale, laid parallel to this along the outer margin of the bark; and the third, the gunwale, which is broader and semicircular in section, is laid on top of all, so as to cover in the upper edge of the bark and the other two strips of the gunwale. The whole are lashed together with bark. This triple arrangement is also found on the upper margin of the bow and stern where the two edges of the bark are joined. The gunwale is held in shape and place by thwarts lashed at their ends. From the descriptions elicited by Mr. Hill concerning full-sized boats, it appears that the model is correctly made ...".
For more information, see pdf of additional documentation on the Gibbs collections provided by Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa which is filed with the Emu accession/transaction record.
