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Object Number 29-32-10/98428
Display Title Birch bark canoe
Descriptions
Object Description Birch bark canoe. Canoe has 5 thwarts which are decoratively carved and incised. The seams are stitched with split root and are sealed with pine or spruce pitch. The gunwales are secured by split root lashings and nails. The gunwales are lashed together at both ends with split root.One of the headboards is missing. The catalog # (98428) is written in orange at both ends. (THE preceding INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED DURING THE WATERCRAFT RESTORAGE PROJECT, 9/2000):
Department Ethnographic
Artist Jock Darling
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine
Dimensions Overall: 218 × 32 × 24 1/2 in. (18.16 × 2.67 × 2.04 Ft)
Provenance
Collector Daniel N. Howard (1900-1929)
Donor William B. Howard (1900-1929)

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