Model Of Birch Bark Canoe
name: label: Collector
content: E. W. French
label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "BIRCH BARK CANOE OF THE PASSAMAQUODDY INDIANS (ALGONQUIAN STOCK). MADE OF BIRCH BARK; OPEN, SHARP ENDED, ROUND BOTTOM, KEELLESS, WITH STRONG SHEER, MADE BY COVERING A LIGHT WOODEN FRAME WITH BIRCH BARK SEWED TOGETHER WITH SPLINTS OF WOOD. THIS TYPE OF CANOE IS USED ALSO BY THE PENOBSCOT INDIANS. EASTPORT, MAINE. 26,730. COLLECTED BY E. W. FRENCH." Formerly on exhibit in NHB Hall 9, case 10, where it was identified as "Sharp-prowed canoe."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Eastport, Washington County, Maine, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E26730-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Model / Canoe Paddle Model