Model Canoe

Item number E55821-0 from the National Museum of Natural History.

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FROM CARD: "MODEL OF DUGOUT CANOE. NEG. NO. 2,409."This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=589 , retrieved 6-24-2012: Canoe Model Haida master canoe builders were legendary, called Woodpeckers for the sound of their adzes as they felled and hollowed out the giant cedar trees of Haida Gwaii - the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia. They filled the hollowed logs with water and hot stones to soften the wood, allowing the sides to be spread apart for a wider hull; then they inserted seats and attached separate bow and stern sections. The finished boats were up to 75 feet (23 m) long and equipped with cypress wood paddles, cedar bark lines, and stone anchors.