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: 1/4 - MINIATURE BIRCH BARK CANOE IN ST. FRANCIS-ABENAKI STYLE (SEE ADNEY, EDWARD T. "THE BARK CANOES AND SKIN BOATS OF NORTH AMERICAN" PP. 92-93). EXTERIOR SIDE WALLS DECORATED WITH A RED LINE AND BLUE DOTS AND BLUE SCALLOPS. UNPAINTED ON BOAT INTERIOR. HAS COTTON LASHINGS. BOAT HAS NO RIBS. PART OF GUNWALE BROKEN OFF. OTHER PARTS CRACKED AND BENT. EXTENSIVE PEELING OF BARK IN INTERIOR. SET INCLUDES TWO MATCHING CANOE PADDLES WITH RED AND BLUE PAINTED BLADES, AND ONE ROLLED SHEET OF BIRCH BARK PACKED INTO THE BOTTOM OF BOAT. PURCHASED WITH TWO OTHER CANOE MODELS IN CATALOG NOS. E430520 AND E430521 BY WILLIAM C. STURTEVANT FOR THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ANTHROPOLOGY DEPT. COLLECTION AT AUCTION IN 1987 FOR 320 BRITISH POUNDS. 2/4 - CANOE PADDLE. 3/4 - CANOE PADDLE 4/4 - ROLLED BIRCH BARK SHEET
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
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: E430522-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Model / Paddle Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Canoe
content: 47 cm
label: Width - Canoe
content: 9 cm
label: Height - Canoe
content: 5 cm
label: Length - Canoe Paddle
content: 15 cm
label: Width - Canoe Paddle
content: 1.5 cm
label: Length - Paddle 2
content: 15.5 cm
label: Width - Paddle 2
content: 1.5 cm
label: Length - Birch Bark Sheet
content: 20.5 cm
label: Diameter - Birch Bark Sheet
content: 1 cm