Model Of Birchbark Canoe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Mar 1894
label: Collection Date
content: 1892
name: label: Collector
content: USS Albatross
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "One oar. Refer: Collins' Ms. p. 857. USNM. Bull. 127, p. 215." Old Division of Engineering number 76278.
label: Notes
content: From U.S. National Museum Bulletin 127, p. 215, entry on this artifact under old number 76278: "Model of birch-bark canoe. Used by Indians on the rivers of northern Alaska. A covering of birch bark is stretched over a light wooden frame, and lashed over the gunwales with fiber of cedar roots. The canoe is open, with sharp, overhanging, pointed ends, flat bottom, and flaring sides. Dimensions of canoe [listed scaled up as if it were full size]. - Length, 17 feet 9 3/4 inches; width, 3 feet 7/8 inch ; depth, 17 1/2 inches. Scale of model, 2 1/2 inches equal 1 foot. Deposited by the Bureau of Fisheries."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: North, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Indian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 028022
label: USNM Number
content: E307239-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Model