Boat model

Museum number:
2-65018
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Accession number:
Acc.3666
Description:
Made of tule rushes tied together.
Donor:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection place:
Stillwater, Churchill County, Nevada
Culture or time period:
Northern Paiute
Maker or artist:
James "Jimmy" George
Collector:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection date:
1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boats and Models (concepts)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Made for sale. The actual boats were formerly used by Indian fishermen and duck hunters on the shallow waters of Carson Sink.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 60 centimeters and width 14 centimeters
Comment:
Modelled after the kind formerly used by Northern Paiutes on Carson Sink. Exhibited: Across the Waters 1981.
Loans:
S1988-1989 #25: Oregon Historical Society (January 11, 1989–June 30, 1989)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Boat model, accession number 2-65018, described as Made of tule rushes tied together.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Boat model, accession number 2-65018, described as Made of tule rushes tied together.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boat model, accession number 2-65018, described as Made of tule rushes tied together.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boat model, accession number 2-65018, described as Made of tule rushes tied together.

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