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Catalog Data

Collector:
Colonel C. B. Dyneley  Search this
Donor Name:
Dr. William C. Sturtevant  Search this
Length - Canoe:
47 cm
Width - Canoe:
9 cm
Height - Canoe:
5 cm
Length - Canoe Paddle:
15 cm
Width - Canoe Paddle:
1.5 cm
Length - Paddle 2:
15.5 cm
Width - Paddle 2:
1.5 cm
Length - Birch Bark Sheet:
20.5 cm
Diameter - Birch Bark Sheet:
1 cm
Object Type:
Canoe Model / Paddle Model
Place:
Ontario / Quebec, Canada, North America
Accession Date:
6 Aug 2002
Collection Date:
1848 to 1852
Notes:
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
Record Last Modified:
15 Dec 2014
Specimen Count:
4
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
378683
USNM Number:
E430522-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e51bbf6d-8e42-4767-bbec-816b43346885
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8503652