birchbark; moosehair, natural and dyed green, orange, blue, yellow; brown thread

This model canoe has been made with birchbark and is sewn with brown thread. Both sides are decorated with natural and dyed moosehair embroidery. A separate piece of birchbark lines the interior of the canoe.

One side: Two people smoking pipes, one standing, the other sitting, on either side of a plant or tree bearing berries or fruit. Flowers and leaves flank the scene. Other side: Two people, perhaps a man and a woman, sitting on either side of a tripod that holds a cooking pot over a fire. Both people appear to be eating. Flowers and leaves flank the scene.

Domestic scenes of gathering and cooking

The blue flowers to the right of the cooking scene appear to have a centre in which the moosehair has been applied using a "tufting" technique(?).

Museum documentation

Purchased by the museum from A. Hakbijl in 1868