Model Racing Canoe Item Number: A8175 a-j from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Carved model canoe (part a) with nine wooden paddles (parts b-j). The canoe is long and narrow with twenty wooden dividers inside. The ends of the canoe are raised; the stern ends in a black triangle while the bow ends in tiny black overhanging triangle. The inside of the canoe is gray. The outside of the canoe is gray with a yellow stripe along the sides and the ends and bottom painted black. The paddles are yellow with a gray diamond on the blade.
History Of Use
This object appears to be a model of a racing canoe. Anthropologist William Elmendorf notes that: “Most fathers made play canoes for their young sons. Boys played with these in the water from the age of four or five. According to HA [A Twana man] the device was ‘useful to teach kids how to paddle and how to manage a canoe’ (Elmendorf 1960:227).”
Cultural Context
woodworking; canoes
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada during 1927
- Collected in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Edith Bevan Cross before July 30, 1962
- Received from Edith Bevan Cross (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) on July 30, 1962
What
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
- Previous Owner
- Edith Bevan Cross
- Received from
- Edith Bevan Cross (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 1927
- Ownership Date
- before July 30, 1962
- Acquisition Date
- on July 30, 1962
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 8
- Accession Number
- 0081/0024 a-j