Birch Bark Canoe Model With Paddle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Mar 1894
label: Collection Date
content: 1892
name: label: Collector
content: USS Albatross
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries
notes: label: Notes
content: THIS BOAT IS DIV. OF ENGINEERING #76277. ACCESSION RECORD INDICATES IT WAS TRANSFERRED TO DIV. OF ETHNOLOGY FROM DIV. OF MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY 12-6-1922, HOWEVER IT APPEARS NEVER TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN ANTHROPOLOGY CATALOG NUMBER. FROM H. COLLINS' SMITHSONIAN BOAT COLLECTION MS. P. 859: "BIRCH BARK CANOE. USED BY INDIANS ON THE RIVERS OF NORTHERN ALASKA. COLLECTED BY STEAMER ALBATROSS ( U.S. FISH COMMISSION, IN ALASKA) 1892. LIGHT WOODEN FRAME WORK COVERED WITH BIRCH BARK, THE BARK BEING LASHED TO GUNWALES BY STRIPS OF CEDAR ROOTS. SHARP OVERHANGING ENDS; OPEN; PROPELLED BY PADDLES. MODEL: SCALE 3 INCHES TO 1 FOOT. (IF FULL SIZE) DIMENSIONS OF CANOE (WOULD BE): L. 14 FT. 3 IN.; W. 2 FT. 7 IN.; DEPTH 14 IN.. DEPOSITED BY U.S. FISH COMMISSION." SEE ACC. 28022 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SEE CANOE CAT. #307239, A SIMILAR OBJECT COLLECTED AT THE SAME TIME. BOAT IS IN VERY BAD CONDITION BUT APPEARS TO BE ATHABASKAN STYLE. - F. PICKERING 2-23-1999
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Jan 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: North, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Indian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 028022
label: USNM Number
content: ET16218-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Model