Canoe Model
name: label: Collector
content: Robert Bell
label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Hull of natural tan birch bark, gradually upturned and inwardly curved ends."
label: Notes
content: See: Collins Ms. p. 845.
label: Notes
content: Originally catalogued in 1882 as number E55815. Subsequently recatalogued at some point as E160265. Originally identified as type used on Lake Superior, which is presumably the source of the Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe) possible culture attribution on card. Information below is from card E55815: "A LIGHT WOODEN FRAME COVERED WITH BIRCH BARK; SEAMS SEWN WITH ROOT FIBER AND PITCHED; ENDS OF CANOE JOINED IN SAME MANNER; UPPER EDGES OF COVERING SEWN TO GUNWALES BY FIBER; FALSE GUNWALE NAILED ON ABOVE TO PREVENT WEAR; CANOE OPEN WITH ROUND WITHOUT KEEL BOTTOM; LONG SHARP ENDS, HAVING VERY STRONG CONVEX CURVE AT EXTREMITIES, SO THAT THE TOP OF EACH END TUMBLES IN CONSIDERABLY; CANOE SHORTER ON TOP THAN BELOW; 5 CROSS BRACES OR GUNWALE SUPPORTS--USED FOR HUNTING BY THE INDIANS OF THE [LAKE SUPERIOR] REGION. [SEE] COLLINS [MS. P.] 845".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Jun 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Eastern, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E160265-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Model