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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A model of a Central Canadian birch bark canoe made from wood and animal skin. The hull is constructed by plank-on-frame with varying frame widths and visible planking which is painted a uniform black. The hull is covered by several pieces of animal hide stitched together which are sewn to the bulwarks securing them to the hull. The hull is double-ended (one end has been broken off) and open with a single thwart in the centre of the vessel. At the complete end of the model, inboard, there is a carved piece of wood whose purpose is not known.
The high stem and stern indicate that this vessel is an Eastern Ojibway or Algonkin type canoe.
TRIM Reference GEN/36261
caption: North American birch bark canoe - port broadside
caption: North American birch bark canoe - port three quarter bow
caption: North American birch bark canoe - starboard stern quarter
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | boats models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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