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model canoe
model canoe
model canoe
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Introduction
canoe, model
Nation of Origin
Anishinaabeg: b/c of the designs of the quillwork
Date Made or Date Range:
1860s to 1880s
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Materials
birch bark porcupine quills: white, blue, red, possibly a bit of yellow. wood splints on the interior sewn with spruce root:
Techniques or Format
sewn
Motifs and Patterns
row of parallelograms which alternate in orientation stars at either end on both sides,
Dimensions:
95 × 0 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
very smiliar to Stoneyhurst one in British Museum, c 1870.
Provenance
Current Location:
Cuming Museum, London, UK
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
C03100
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GKS Reference Number:
26989
Approximate Place of Origin