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Shaman's small wooden canoe
Shaman's small wooden canoe
Object Number 14-27-10/85698
Display Title Shaman's small wooden canoe
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carving, carved model boat/canoe, perforated 1 end
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms Skeena River, Upper
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 6.1 x 13.1 x 5.9 cm (2 3/8 x 5 3/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 14-27-10/85698
Provenance
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons (?)
Donor Lt. George Thornton Emmons (1914)

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