Model canoe

Museum number:
2-45431
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4296
Description:
Model. Canoe, birch bark, edges covered with grass bundles stitched with cotton thread, porcupine quill decoration; “Atlantic City, 1918” printed on one side. Length 26.5 cm.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
Northeastern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
North America unspecified
Production place:
Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey
Culture or time period:
Eastern Woodland tribes
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Canoes and Models (concepts)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Production date:
1918
Accession date:
January 4, 1988
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Model canoe, accession number 2-45431, described as Model. Canoe, birch bark, edges covered with grass bundles stitched with cotton thread, porcupine quill decoration; “Atlantic City, 1918” printed on one side. Length 26.5 cm.

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