Model Canoe

Item number 1730/8 a-d from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Carved model canoe (part a) painted with traditional designs and three wooden, painted paddles (parts b-d). Body of canoe is carved from a single piece of wood. Canoe has four benches, painted with a red and black design. There is one seat at the bow and one at the stern. Design on exterior of canoe is of a feather ? motif. Inscription written on inside, bottom of canoe. On one side there is an inscription also written along the centre of two of the paddles (parts b and c) with parallel diagonal red lines at the tip, and on the other side each of these paddles has a different red and black design. The other paddle has one diagonal red line at the tip and another around the middle (part d).