Canoe Model
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Aug 2002
label: Collection Date
content: 1848 to 1852
name: label: Collector
content: Colonel C. B. Dyneley
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William C. Sturtevant
notes: label: Notes
content: 1/5 - MINIATURE BIRCH BARK CANOE IN ST. FRANCIS-ABENAKI STYLE (SEE ADNEY, EDWARD T. "THE BARK CANOES AND SKIN BOATS OF NORTH AMERICA: PP. 92-93). RED AND BLUE PAINTED LINE ENCIRCLES TOP EDGE OF BOAT. HAS COTTON LASHINGS. BARK COVERING ON BOW OF BOAT CRACKED OFF. ADDITIONAL SECTION COMING AWAY FROM RIBS. ADHESIVE ON BOW AND STERN SEAMS AND GORE SIDE SEAMS. SET INCLUDES ONE CANOE PADDLE WITH BLADE PAINTED RED AND BLUE, TWO ROLLED SHEETS OF BIRCH BARK TIED WITH COTTON THREAD, AND ONE RED DYED WOODEN STEERING POLE. PURCHASED WITH TWO OTHER CANOE MODELS IN CATALOG NOS. E430520 AND E430522 BY WILLIAM C. STURTEVANT FOR THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ANTHROPOLOGY DEPT. COLLECTION AT AUCTION IN 1987 FOR 320 BRITISH POUNDS. 2/5 - CANOE PADDLE. 3/5 - ROLLED BIRCH BARK SHEET. 4/5 - ROLLED BIRCH BARK SHEET. 5/5 - POLE
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Ontario / Quebec, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378683
label: USNM Number
content: E430521-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Model / Paddle Model / Canoe Pole Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Canoe
content: 42 cm
label: Width - Canoe
content: 8 cm
label: Height - Canoe
content: 7 cm
label: Length - Canoe Paddle
content: 16 cm
label: Width - Canoe Paddle
content: 1.5 cm
label: Length - Birch Bark Sheet 1
content: 10.5 cm
label: Circumference - Birch Bark Sheet 1
content: 4 cm
label: Length - Birch Bark Sheet 2
content: 7 cm
label: Circumference - Birch Bark Sheet 2
content: 4.5 cm
label: Length - Pole
content: 25 cm
label: Circumference - Pole
content: 0.25 cm