Boat Model, Chinese Dugout Canoe, 1876
date: label: date made
content: 1876
notes: label: Description
content: This model represents a dugout canoe used on the coasts of California and Oregon, used by Chinese fishermen in the onshore fisheries. The canoe hulls were made of hollowed logs, with pointed bows and flat transoms fastened onto the respective bows and sterns. They were typically paddled or poled. This model represents a canoe 20 feet long and 3-1/2 feet wide, at a scale of 1":1'. It was given to the Smithsonian in 1876 by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries.
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Transportation
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content: Ship Models
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.72744
label: catalog number
content: 72744
objectType: label: Object Name
content: canoe, chinese, rigged model