1886.1.769

Collection type

Object

Description

Model canoe, made from wood that has been covered with a piece of transparent thin skin. [ASh [OPS move] 27/09/2016]

Long description

Model canoe, made from wood that has been covered with a piece of transparent thin skin or entrails of an animal, which is pale brown in colour, to which various fittings of ivory and bone are attached. The associated paraphernalia Includes a two bladed paddle, a harpoon, harpoon line, skin drag or buoy, a whale spear, a bird spear and a rest or throwing board amongst others. All attached to the canoe via string. [ASh [OPS move] 27/09/2016]

Geographical reference

Greenland (Autonomous Country of Denmark)

Northern America > North America > Greenland (Autonomous Country of Denmark)

Cultural groups

Inuit (Greenland)

Inuit

Person

Field collector Reuben Francombe

Field collector HMS Alert

PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1876?, uncertain

Date collected

?On or before 1876

Acquisition information

Transferred: 11/03/1886

Materials and processes

Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Material Animal Bone, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Process Carved, Process Stitched, Process Bound

Dimensions

Length x Width: max 760 x 80 mm, Height: max 65 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1886.1.769

Research and responses

Please note that there is no further information about Francombe in the Donor Index cards at the Ashmolean Museum, Department of Antiquities [L.Ph 24/3/2004] Reuben Francombe was one of six brothers all born and brought up in Oxford (information supplied by John Graham whose great grandfather was David Francombe, one of Reuben Francombe's brothers). [ZM 9/4/2005]

Disco referred to in the accession entry is probably Disco Island.

Search terms: Navigation, Model, Toy and Game, Weapon, Hunting, Fishing, Canoe, Toy, Paddle, Spear, Spear-thrower, Harpoon, Hunting accessory