Dugout Canoe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Dec 1884
label: Collection Date
content: 1884
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Trans. fr. Boat Hall to Div. Ethnol. Oct 23, 1899. Refer: Collins' MS. p. 880." From H. Collins' Smithsonian Boat Collection Ms. p. 880: "Makah sealing canoe. Used by the Makah Indians at Neah Bay, Washington, chiefly for hunting the fur seal. Collected by J.G. Swan, Neah Bay, Washington, 1887 [sic, should be 1884]. A open flat bottom, keeless dugout canoe, with flaring sides; long, sharp, overhanging bow, terminating in beak-like point; nearly vertical sharp stern; rather straight on top except at bow which curves up sharply. Painted black all outside."
label: Notes
content: This canoe is described in some detail (identified as the 15 foot canoe) in James Swan's letter dated October 16, 1884, filed in accession # 15152. It is also listed as # 39 on the Swan invoice/list dated October 30, 1884 in accession 15152. Paddles E74771 may go with this canoe? See remarks for E74771.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Neah Bay, Clallam County / Neah Bay, Washington, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Makah
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 015477
label: USNM Number
content: E74202-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 61 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 87.6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 424 cm