Bow Ornaments For Canoe Model
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 2005
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Two flat pieces of wood carved into a decorative shape, then painted black and etched with lines, revealing light-colored wood beneath. Two sets of interlocking wooden pieces attached to main pieces with strips of red cotton cloth. According to Chisato Dubreuil, this is used to decorate the front bow of the canoe model (E430623). Made for the 1999 NMNH exhibit "Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People" using traditional Ainu materials and techniques.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ainu
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2026093
label: USNM Number
content: E430701-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object (Smaller Of The Two)
content: 81.5 cm
label: Width - Object (Smaller Of The Two)
content: 1.5 cm
label: Height - Object (Smaller Of The Two)
content: 18.1 cm