Model of Bark Canoe Item Number: 50.67.63 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This is a perfectly scaled model of a birch bark and ash splint canoe. The exterior or weaker side of the canoe faces inward, and the hull is almost completely lined with the ash splints. On the outside of the canoe model, pitch was used to cover the seams. Painted red circles are incised at bow and stern. Black, red, and blue paint decorate the rim of the model canoe.
Credit Line
Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund
Item History
- Made between 1801 and 1848
What
- Name
- Model of Bark Canoe
- Identification Number
- 50.67.63
- Type of Item
- canoe, model and bark
- Material
- birch bark, paint, ash splint and pitch
- Overall
- length 4.5 in, width 29.0 in, height 8.125 in
Who
- Culture
- Chippewa
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1801 and 1848
Other
- Classification
- Model