Model Birchbark Canoe Item Number: E379948-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Has porcupine quill embroidery decoration on either side and at ends."Written on the artifact itself in old handwriting: "Chicoutimi, Chateau Saguenay, made by Montagnais Indians"; there also appears to be a price marked of "25." Chicoutimi is a town name, which is now part of Saguenay, Quebec. Chateau Saguenay was the name of a tourist hotel, built in 1898.
Item History
- Made in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
- Collected by Adj Gen. Alfred C. Hawley in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
- Received on December 14, 1938
What
- Name
- Model Birchbark Canoe
- Identification Number
- E379948-0
- Type of Item
- canoe model
Who
- Culture
- Innu and Montagnais
- Field Collector
- Adj Gen. Alfred C. Hawley
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
- Collected in
- Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on December 14, 1938
Other
- Accession Number
- 150648