Model Of Dugout Canoe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1862
name: label: Donor Name
content: Capt. George Gibbs
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SCALE OF MODEL 1 INCH EQUALS 1 FOOT: SIZE OF ORIGINAL: 36' L.,25" D., PADDLES 8'9" TO 9'9" L. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL.7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 6, PG. 245. REFER: COLLIN'S MS. P. 918. USNM. BULL.127, P.221, FIG.67." Handbook of North American Indians photo caption identifies as a model of a Northern canoe. Model has a mast.
label: Notes
content: It may be presumed that this object was probably collected by George Gibbs during his time on the Northwest Boundary Survey, 1857-1860?
label: Notes
content: Canoe model appears in Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on artfact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=1 , retrieved 6-24-2012.
label: Notes
content: 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.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Jul 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
place: label: Place
content: Northwest Coast, British Columbia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haida
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000051
label: USNM Number
content: E639-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 91.5 cm