model canoe

model canoe

model canoe

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Introduction

Model canoe made of wood, red paint, yarn, wool, and birchbark. A hole in the birchbark suggests that there may have previously been a leaf or floral motif on the canoe. Currently housed in the Weltmuseum Wien in Vienna, Austria.

Date Made or Date Range: Before 1894
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

GRASAC research notes created during an onsite visit to Weltmuseum in January of 2016.

Materials

Wood, red paint; wool; birchbark.

Techniques or Format

Piece of wood; with birchbark inset on top, yarn 'niagara'; hole in birchbark indicate there used to be some kind of leaf or floral motif.

Dimensions: 42.5 × 7.2 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Collected by Archduke Franz Ferdinand during his 1892/93 world trip.

Current Location: Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 114954
Previous Collectors: Este Collection
Collection Narratives and Histories

The “Este Collection” was assembled by Archduke Franz Ferdinand during his 1892/93 world trip and was installed in what is now the Weltmuseum Wien.

GKS Reference Number: 59065
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, model canoe. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 114954. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 59065.

Record Creation Context

In January of 2016, a small team of GRASAC researchers visited the collection to study and photograph it: Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake). This GKS record was created in January of 2022 by GRASAC RA Aidan Mitchell-Boudreau.

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