Paintings of dugout canoes in National Museum of Natural History Anthropology collections
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 168115
label: Variant Title
content: Previously titled "Kwakiutl dugout canoe and Haida dugout canoe."
place: label: Place
content: North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Canoes and canoeing
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The drawings were transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in 1969.
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit [Stikine]
label: Culture
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
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content: Paintings of dugout canoes in National Museum of Natural History Anthropology collections
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Paintings (visual works) (ink and tempera paint on board)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Folder 168115
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS168115
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Paintings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Paintings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Paintings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of five (5) paintings of dugout canoes held by the Department of Anthropology object collections.  

Three drawings are of a Tlingit canoe (see USNM Number E168115). The catalog record for the canoe states that these drawings were made by Bill Holm.

Two drawings are of a Kwakwaka'wakw canoe (see USNM Number E26785-0).  The catalog card for the canoe states: "In 1959 this canoe had badly deteriorated and the museum had the woodwork completely restored by the professional shipwright of the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, James B. Richardson. The original painted designs had faded, but from old photos could be recovered and drawings were made for this purpose (now in National Anthropological Archives).  The repainting of the designs on the canoe were done by Mr. Peter Rosock of the Anthro. Lab (under Mr. Joseph Andrews)."


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