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Object Number 69-20-10/1243
Display Title Canoe model, of a style called "head canoe".
Descriptions
Object Description Model of canoe, of a style called "head canoe". (This style only seen in models). Beak of this model makes it unique; rest of design is ambiguous. Grooves on interior sides similar to those on grease bowls. Made of yellow cedar (?).
Inventory Description Canoe model,
Classification
  • Canoe
Department Ethnographic
Date Pre 1800?
Culture
  • Tlingit?
  • Haida?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast
Materials Wood Alder
Dimensions Overall: 109 x 21 x 23 cm (42 15/16 x 8 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Boston Marine Society, 1869.
Provenance
Collector Samuel Topliff (ca. 1849)
Donor Boston Marine Society (1869)

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