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Object Number
96-22-10/50820
Display Title
Birchbark canoe
Descriptions
Object Description
Birch canoe. Canoe has five tennoned thwarts which fit in and are lashed into mortises in the gunwales. Gunwales are secured to the bark and each other with split root lashing and nails. The bark is pieced together and the seams are stitched together with split root and sealed with pine or spruce pitch. A piece of wood with a large screw-eye is attached by wire to each outer-most thwart. This appears to have been added later for purposes of exhibit installation. The catalog # (50820) is witten in orange on a rib on the floor of the canoe at one end. A paddle (96-22-10/50820.1) - goes with this canoe. Dimensions: 177.2cm x 11.4cm x 3.8cm. INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED DURING THE WATERCRAFT RESTORAGE PROJECT, 9/2000
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Penobscot
- Eastern Abenaki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Maine
/
Penobscot County
/
Indian Island
/
Old Town
Dimensions
Overall: 582.9312 × 85.0902 × 56.5151 cm (229 1/2 × 33 1/2 × 22 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Owner
J. M. Mitchel
(1896)
Collector
Prof. Charles C. Willoughby
(1896 - 1896)
Donor
Prof. Charles C. Willoughby
(1896)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96-22-10/50820.1 | Paddle belonging to birch canoe 96-22-10/50820 |
Paddle
|
Old Town
| |
| 72-29-10/7128 | Birch bark canoe |
Eastport
| ||
| 72-29-10/7128.1 | Paddle (1 of 2) belonging to canoe 72-29-10/7128 |
Paddle
|
Eastport
| |
| 22-14-10/97938 | Birch bark canoe |
Canada
| ||
| 22-14-10/97938.1 | Paddle belonging to canoe 22-14-10/97938 |
Paddle
|
Canada
| |
| 29-32-10/98428 | Birch bark canoe |
Maine
| ||
| 72-29-10/7128.2 | Paddle (1 of 2) belonging to canoe 72-29-10/7128 |
Paddle
|
Eastport
| |
| 39-118-10/18670 | Birch bark canoe |
Canoe
|
Maine
| |
| 29-33-10/98432 | Birch bark canoe |
Canoe
|
Old Town
| |
| 21-11-10/87652.1 | Paddle belonging to dugout canoe 21-11-10/87652 |
Paddle
|
California
| |
| 79-14-20/17444 | Dugout canoe |
Federal District
| ||
| 11-11-10/80158 | Model of canoe |
Carving
|
Old Town
|