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model canoe
model canoe
model canoe
A model canoe made of birchbark and decorated with porcupine quills. One side has "Rosseau" written in quills and "Noskoka" is written on the other side. Lake Rosseau is one of the most popular lakes in the Muskoka summer cottage country frequented by people from Toronto and other areas from the third quarter of the 19th century to the present. Acquired by the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre from Janet Notman of Glasgow in 1990.
Because of the shape of the canoe and the quillwork, this could be of Miq'ma or Maliseet origin.
(Ruth Phillips, Research Tape, GRASAC, National Museums of Scotland, Tape 2, December 15, 2006).
Museum documentation and observations made by the GRASAC research team.
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birchbark; porcupine quills; black cotton thread; sweetgrass.
This model canoe is cut from a single piece of birchbark edged with sweetgrass and sewn together with black thread. There is a chain for hanging the item made of quills, strung on thread. The sides of the canoe are decorated with porcupine quills.
The on-site researchers noted that: Lake Rosseau is one of the most popular lakes in the Muskoka summer cottage country frequented by people from Toronto and other areas from the third quarter of the 19th century to the present.
This style of model canoe was made during the first half of the 20th century.
The on-site researchers noted that the sweetgrass edging sewn on with a wide, decorative overcast stitch is a 20th century technique.
Provenance
Acquired by the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre from Janet Notman of Glasgow in 1990.
About This GRASAC Record
Item to be cited by catalog number, collection and institution.
This record was created by the GRASAC research team as part of a research trip to Glasgow on 9 April 2007.
On-site researchers: Cory Willmott, Heidi Bohaker, Laura Peers, Ruth Phillips, Keith Jamieson, Alan Corbiere, Alison Brown, Patricia Allan