model canoe

model canoe

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Introduction

Model canoe, second half of 19th century.

Date Made or Date Range: Mid 19 C to Late 19 C
Materials

Birchbark, porcupine quills, wood, spruce root, linen thread

Techniques or Format

Bark is folded over ash splint ribs, sewn with spruce root, embroidered, gunnels laid across ribs

Other Notes

Robert Storrie: A model canoe from British Museum's Stoneyhurst Collection (c. 1880) displays similar construction; Alan: a model in the Hunterian identified as Mi'kmaq has a similar ashsplint ribbing; Ruth: are these porcupine quills or a commercial fibre?

Condition: Fair; extensive loss of quills.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

second half of the 19th century

Current Location: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: A.1913.396
GKS Reference Number: 25671
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, model canoe. Currently at National Museums Scotland, A.1913.396. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007 in which the author took part; GRASAC item id 25671.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

9 Apr 2007 Ruth Phillips, On-site researchers: Cory Willmott, Heidi Bohaker, Laura Peers, Ruth Phillips, Keith Jamieson, Alan Corbiere, Henrietta Lidchi, Robert Storrie, Chantal Knowles, Brenda McGoff

Approximate Place of Origin

44.736, -88.788

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