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Canoe model
Canoe model
Canoe model
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Introduction
An Anishinaabe canoe model with two carved standing wooden dolls in canoeing postures and two paddles. Probably collected by Major Enos Cutler, commanding officer at Fort Brady, near Sault Ste Marie, Lake Huron between 1823-25.
Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Date Made or Date Range:
c 1823-25
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Materials
birchbark, black, red, green paint, spruce root
Other Notes
note that two manboards are hidden behind a bark flap painted green at each end
Condition:
very good
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
date of his military service in the central Great Lakes
Provenance
Current Location:
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
E3760
Collection Narratives and Histories
probably gift of Enos Cutler
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
26468
Record Creation Context
Research visit by Ruth Phillips working with Karen Kramer Russell and Madeleine Kropa
Approximate Place of Origin