Model Canoe

Skip to main content
Model Canoe
Model Canoe
Date1875-1900
MediumWood with paint
DimensionsOverall: 2 7/8 × 18 9/16 × 3 3/4 in. (7.3 × 47.1 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.507
Not on view
DescriptionWooden model canoe decorated with black paint.
Collections

Additional Details

Exhibition History 1985
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Wonderful Heroes, Fearsome Creatures," November 2 - December 14, 1985 (cat. no. 51, illus. 42).
Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
Markings Adhesive label on bottom in ink: NANW 50
Published References WONDERFUL HEROES FEARSOME CREATURES: ART OF THE NORTHWEST COAST (exh. cat. Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1985), 42, illus. 42.
Inscribed Inscribed in pencil [very faint] on bottom: E34
Model Canoe
Model Canoe
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.505
Model Canoe
Model Canoe
Date: 1878
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.506
Model Outrigger Canoe
Model Outrigger Canoe
Date: before 1944
Medium: Wood, twine, and paint
Object number: 2022.11.1
Model Totem Pole
Model Totem Pole
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.509
Model of a Bidarka boat with three seated figures
Model of a Bidarka boat with three seated figures
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Wood, intestine, string, and paint
Object number: 1984.514
Model of a Bidarka boat with four seated figures
Model of a Bidarka boat with four seated figures
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, intestine, string, and paint
Object number: 1984.513
Photograph by John Bentham.
Headdress frontlet
Date: c. 1825-1850
Medium: Wood with paint and abalone
Object number: 1984.470
Photograph by John Bentham.
Heron dance rattle
Date: c. 1850-75
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.471
Jar
Jar
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.524
Photograph by John Bentham.
Model Totem Pole
Date: c. 1880-1900
Medium: Wood with abalone
Object number: 1984.508
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Cup with handle
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.521
Photograph by David Revette.
Owl effigy jar
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.530