Dugout Canoe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 31 Dec 1890
label: Collection Date
content: 11 Dec 1889
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. Frank F. Curling
label: Donor Name
content: Alaska Commercial Company
notes: label: Notes
content: GIFT OF CAPT. S. A. DAY, DECEMBER 31, 1890. ORIGINALLY RECEIVED BY ANTHROPOLOGY DEPT, THEN TRANSFERRED TO DIVISION OF ENGINEERING. RETURNED TO ANTHROPOLOGY IN 1947.
label: Notes
content: From Card: "Collected by Captain Frank Curling. Keel formed on log from which the boat is made. Rounded, upcurved ends. 30 ft. long, 15 inches wide. Formerly fitted with an outrigger and sail, which were removed before reaching the Museum. Accession papers show that Captain Curling picked up this boat with seven famished natives drifting 210 miles out to sea."
label: Notes
content: A memo from 1941 in the accession file indicates that this boat was formerly displayed as part of the Division of Engineering collections outside of the Arts and Industries Building. A 1943 memo indicates it was placed in the West Court of the Natural History Museum in 1941 and transferred to Department of Anthropology in 1943.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Palau, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Palauan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 023888
label: USNM Number
content: E151714-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 9 m
label: Width - Object
content: 56 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 1 m