Birch Bark Canoe With Two Paddles
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1940
name: label: Collector
content: Thomas F. Purner
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Thomas F. Purner Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: BUILT BY WILLIAM TENNISCO OF THE GOLDEN LAKE BAND OF ALGONQUIN INDIANS, CALABOGIE, ONTARIO, CANADA IN 1940. THIS CANOE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, USED BY OWNER ON ADIRONDACK LAKE PISECO, NEW YORK, IN 1984. CEDAR PLANKS COVERED WITH BIRCH BARK, SEALED WITH SOME TYPE OF PITCH, 3 1/4" RIB ON 4" CENTER. THREE CROSS BRACES WITH LEATHER LACES COVERED WITH PITCH. ALL SEAMS OVERLAPPED ABOUT 2" ALSO SEALED WITH PITCH.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Calabogie, Ontario, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Algonquin, Pikwakanagan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361008
label: USNM Number
content: E423739-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe / Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 401 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 76 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 25 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: 17.23 kg