Wooden Canoe Model With Beads Item Number: ET14234-0 from the National Museum of Natural History

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O NO. 61; WOODEN CANOE MODEL INLAID WITH GLASS BEADS ACCORDING TO J.T. WALSH-A RED CEDAR NWC/NOOTKA/NUM-CHAH-NULTH CANOE, EARLY, POSSIBLY COLLECTED IN 1830S BY WILKES OR ? BRITISH MUSEUM HAS CANOE WITH SIMILAR DECORATION COLLECTED BY E. BELCHER, ACC'D 1842.This may possibly be a canoe-form bowl or dish, rather than a canoe model?