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Model Canoe
Model Canoe
Date1875-1900
MediumWood with paint
DimensionsOverall: 3 in. × 18 5/8 in. × 4 1/2 in. (7.6 × 47.3 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Theodora Finks
Object number1984.505
Not on view
DescriptionCanoe with paddle decorated with blue, red, and black paint. The prow style, designed to push aside chunks of ice without damaging the canoe, identifies this model canoe to be from Yakutat, one of the thirteen geographical divisions of the Tlingit.
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Exhibition History 1985
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Wonderful Heroes, Fearsome Creatures," November 2 - December 14, 1985 (cat. no. 50, illus. 42).
Provenance 1945: Hamilton College, by gift of Theodora Finks.
Markings Adhesive label on bottom in ink: NANW48
Published References WONDERFUL HEROES FEARSOME CREATURES: ART OF THE NORTHWEST COAST (exh. cat. Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1985), 42, illus. 42.
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