Model Canoe
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MODEL OF DUGOUT CANOE. NEG. NO. 2,409."
label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=589 , retrieved 6-24-2012: Canoe Model Haida master canoe builders were legendary, called Woodpeckers for the sound of their adzes as they felled and hollowed out the giant cedar trees of Haida Gwaii - the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia. They filled the hollowed logs with water and hot stones to soften the wood, allowing the sides to be spread apart for a wider hull; then they inserted seats and attached separate bow and stern sections. The finished boats were up to 75 feet (23 m) long and equipped with cypress wood paddles, cedar bark lines, and stone anchors.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Northwest Coast, United States (not certain) / Canada (not certain), 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: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E55821-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 87.5 cm