Model Of Canoe and 3 Paddles
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1863
name: label: Collector
content: Bernard R. Ross
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Robert Kennicott
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "*IDENTIFIED AS "PROBABLY SLAVE" BY CORNELIUS OSGOOD, SEPT. 1970, SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF INDEX ENTRY "GREAT SLAVE LAKE, B. R. ROSS." REMOVED 3/14/99 BY PROF MASON FROM BOAT HALL TO CATLIN HALL." FROM CARD: "OLD CAT. BOOK SAYS: (FOR 858-9) "THESE CANOES ARE MADE OF BIRCHBARK SEWED WITH ROOTS OF LARCH OR SPRUCE (WA TAP) AND THE SEAMS LAYED OVER WITH GUM OF SPRUCE... (FOR 859): MODEL OF CANOE OF SLAVE INDIANS OF MCKENZIE RIVER. THE CANOES OF THE LOUCHOUX OR KUTCHIN INDIANS RESEMBLE THIS BUT ARE STILL LIGHTER AND NOT SO DEEP WITH STILL LIGHTER BRACES OF WOOD. THE USUAL LENGTH OF THE HUNTING CANOES OF ALL THE NORTHERN INDIANS IS ABOUT 14 FEET." SEE ALSO CARD FOR 858. MFL 1/23/84."
label: Notes
content: Ledger book identifies this as from Indians of Fort Simpson, and further notes "these canoes are made of birchbark sewed with roots of larch or spruce (wa tap) and the seams layed over with gum of spruce," and "model of canoe of Slave Indians of Mackenzie River. The canoes of the Louchioux or Kutchin Indians resemble this but are still lighter and not so deep, with still lighter braces of wood. The usual length of the hunting canoes of all the northern Indians is about 14 feet."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Sep 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Slavey (Slave, Dene)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000177
label: USNM Number
content: E859-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Model / Paddle Model