Model Of Fishing Canoe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Feb 1883
label: Collection Date
content: 1883
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Refer. Collins' MS. p. 913. USNM Bull. 127, p. 220, fig. 66." The Collins MS. entry on this canoe model, referenced above, identifies it as being carved and painted to represent the totem of the "crane" or "Tatl", with the bow terminating in the carved beak of the bird, though Tatl may actually more correctly reference a loon?
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=603 , retrieved 6-24-2012: Canoe Model The Haida were famous for the red cedar canoes they traded to other Native peoples of southeastern Alaska and the northwest Canada, and Haida master builders were honored for their skill. Seven styles of canoe are historically known, including this type used for fishing. The bow is painted with a bird crest design. Builders cut down large cedar trees in spring and rough-shaped the logs in the forest, then towed the half-finished boats to the village for the final adze work. They boiled water inside to soften the hull, spread apart the sides, and inserted wooden thwarts used as seats.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), British Columbia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haida
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 012690
label: USNM Number
content: E72685-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 127 cm