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1884.81.38

Model of a skin canoe containing two figures.

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1884.81.38

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Collection type
Object
Description
Model of a skin canoe containing two figures.
Date / Period
Date made: 1800-1874
Date collected
Prior to 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Skin, Material Animal Intestine, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length 565 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.81.38 PR Cat other PR nos: 1623 ?
Research and responses

It is not stated in any of the primary sources which object [and where it was] the boat was modelled on. It was presumably used as example of a missing link in one of the series[AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Navigation, Figure, Weapon, Model, Canoe, Spear

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