model canoe

model canoe

model canoe

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Introduction

Model canoe made of birchbark, porcupine quills, wood splint, and thread. A single piece of birchbark is bent and and sewn on the sides, and the wood splint held along the top edge with thread. Features rhombus motifs. Collected by Samson C. J. U. Philippine, this item is now housed at the Weltmuseum Wien in Vienna, Austria.

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

GRASAC research notes created during an onsite visit to Weltmuseum in January of 2016.

Materials

Birchbark, porcupine quills, wood splint, thread.

Techniques or Format

Single piece of birchbark bent and sewn on the sides; wood splint along the top edge held with thread.

Motifs and Patterns

Rhombuses.

Dimensions: 21 × 0 × 0 cm
Condition: Poor.
Current Location: Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 083925
Previous Collectors: Samson C. J. U. Philippine
GKS Reference Number: 59086
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, model canoe. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 83925. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 59086.

Record Creation Context

In January of 2016, a small team of GRASAC researchers visited the collection to study and photograph it: Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake). This GKS record was created in January of 2022 by GRASAC RA Aidan Mitchell-Boudreau.

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