canoe, model

canoe, model

canoe, model

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Introduction

A model canoe with upward curving ends. It is made of birchbark, with sweetgrass edging and quillwork on the panels.

Date Made or Date Range: 1870s to 1950s
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Based on museum documentation and observations made by the GRASAC research team.

Materials

birchbark; porcupine quills, natural; sweetgrass; cotton thread, dark.

Techniques or Format

Made of birchbark with sweet grass whip-stitched to the edges of bark. The canoe has inset bark panels sewn at both ends and up-curving ends, with vertical seams in the centre sides of the canoe. The sides and top panels are decorated with porcupine quillwork.

Motifs and Patterns

Three-lobed leaf motif.

Condition: Good
Current Location: Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, Scotland
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: ETHNN.907
GKS Reference Number: 25127
Record Creation Context

THis record was created on April 9, 2007, during a GRASAC research visit to Scotland.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

On-site researchers: Cory Willmott, Heidi Bohaker, Laura Peers, Ruth Phillips, Keith Jamieson, Alan Corbiere, Alison Brown, Patricia Allen.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

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