Model Canoe | People | Model Floats Item Number: 96 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Whaling canoes were about five fathoms long and carried a crew of eight: a steersman, six paddlers, and the harpooner who was the leader of the crew. Four miniature sealskin floats, inside of this model canoe, are attached to the line of twisted cedar withes, which are ready to slow the whale and inhibit its diving. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is white, blue, and red.
Item History
- Received from Washington World's Fair Commission
What
- Name
- Model Canoe | People | Model Floats
- Identification Number
- 96
- Type of Item
- model canoe, person and model float
- Material
- wood, paint, metal and mussel shell
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, painted, nailed and lashed
- Overall
- length 79.5 cm, height 17.0 cm, width 17.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Makah
- Received from
- Washington World's Fair Commission
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Gift of Washington World's Fair Commission
- Motif
- Figure | Whaling
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection