1/4 - MINIATURE BIRCH BARK CANOE IN ST. FRANCIS-ABENAKI STYLE (SEE ADNEY, EDWARD T. "THE BARK CANOES AND SKIN BOATS OF NORTH AMERICAN" PP. 92-93). EXTERIOR SIDE WALLS DECORATED WITH A RED LINE AND BLUE DOTS AND BLUE SCALLOPS. UNPAINTED ON BOAT INTERIOR. HAS COTTON LASHINGS. BOAT HAS NO RIBS. PART OF GUNWALE BROKEN OFF. OTHER PARTS CRACKED AND BENT. EXTENSIVE PEELING OF BARK IN INTERIOR. SET INCLUDES TWO MATCHING CANOE PADDLES WITH RED AND BLUE PAINTED BLADES, AND ONE ROLLED SHEET OF BIRCH BARK PACKED INTO THE BOTTOM OF BOAT. PURCHASED WITH TWO OTHER CANOE MODELS IN CATALOG NOS. E430520 AND E430521 BY WILLIAM C. STURTEVANT FOR THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ANTHROPOLOGY DEPT. COLLECTION AT AUCTION IN 1987 FOR 320 BRITISH POUNDS. 2/4 - CANOE PADDLE. 3/4 - CANOE PADDLE 4/4 - ROLLED BIRCH BARK SHEET
