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Object Number 99-12-70/52929
Display Title Large model of canoe
Descriptions
Inventory Description Watercraft model, wood, red exterior, one end upturned with carved extension, other end tapers to carved figure at prow. Band of decoration below rim, incised curvilinear designs, figures with inlaid shell eyes and metal nails as pupils. Black strip of wood below design band, secured through perforations with braided fiber and twisted fiber cordage. Six wooden cross-pieces atop boat cavity, secured with metal nails and fiber cordage. Deep cracks at both ends of watercraft, repaired with twisted fiber cordage.
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maori?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Dimensions Overall: 25 × 18 1/2 × 110 in. (2.08 × 1.54 × 9.16 Ft)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52929
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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