Canoe, miniature

Canoe, miniature

Canoe, miniature

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Introduction

This miniature canoe was made of Birch bark, stitched with cotton thread and split spruce root, and embellished with a floral design by using natural and faded green, red, purple quills. Item is likely from the 19th or very early 20th century, created by Anishinaabe, Odawa of the Great Lakes area.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

could also be Odawa

Place of Origin: Michigan (Northern Michigan), USA
Date Made or Date Range: 1800s to 1900s
Materials

Birch bark; porcupine quills; spruce root; black ash; white ash?; cedar; cotton thread.

Techniques or Format

Components stitched with cotton thread and split spruce root; wooden (white ash? cedar?) inwhale and outwhales lashed with split spruce root; cedar manboard secured with split spruce root; cedar? ribs; white ash? thwarts, secured with split root; black ash planking; natural and faded green, red, purple quills; split spruce root trim across middle (both sides), tacked with natural quills (x-cross).

Motifs and Patterns

Simple floral design.

Description of Writing/Text

"5500" penciled on bottom.

Original and Subsequent Uses

market object

Dimensions: 18.5 × 5.125 × 5.25 in
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

AGG

Current Location: Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, MO, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 66-3727
Collection Narratives and Histories

It is uncertain when the item entered the collection of the museum.

GKS Reference Number: 26486
Approximate Place of Origin

43.7918, -84.2994

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